Greek Leaders Say Deal Is Within Reach Amid Creditor Doubts

Greek leaders expressed optimism a deal to unlock bailout funds is within reach, in the face of continuing warnings by some creditors that the country has yet to comply with the terms of its emergency loans.

“We are very close” to an agreement, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said in an interview late Monday with Greece’s Star TV Channel. “I’d say it is a matter of one week.” Earlier Monday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told Greek industrialists that the discussions are in the “final stretch.”