BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed in a phone call with the Cyprus president Monday that his country hold talks only with international creditors on its bailout deal, a government spokeswoman said.
"A telephone call between Mrs Merkel and the Cypriot president took place yesterday evening," the spokeswoman told AFP Tuesday, without providing further details.
"The chancellor once again emphasised that the negotiations are to be conducted only with the Troika," she added, referring to the term used for the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
The comment was made as the Cypriot finance minister headed to Moscow after an explosion of anger in Russia at the EU bailout deal for the island that could see Russian investors lose billions of euros.
The German spokeswoman also declined to say whether the phone conversation took place before or after Merkel met French President Francois Hollande and European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso in Berlin late Monday.
The three leaders, in statements before meeting top business representatives here, did not address the crisis in Cyprus.
Cyprus Tuesday was reviewing its bailout package ahead of a scheduled parliamentary vote on the deal after the eurozone urged a rethink on a controversial levy on bank deposits.
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