[Iran Press TV] Berlin has refused to negotiate with Athens over its mounting calls for the payment of billions of euros in compensation for Nazi atrocities carried out during the Second World War in Greece. "The issue [of reparation] has been closed legally and politically and there won't be any negotiations about this. It has been settled in a comprehensive and conclusive way," said Chancellor Angela Merkel
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's front man Steffen Seibert on Wednesday.
He added that Greece should focus on more pressing issues such as meeting the conditions for the release of financial aid it requires.
"We should concentrate on current issues and, hopefully what will be a good future," he said, referring to the financial crisis in Greece and its proposals for a renegotiation of the bailout package with its international creditors.
Late on Tuesday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (pictured below) said a bilateral wartime reparation agreement reached in 1960 did not cover the country's outstanding demands, including payments for ruined infrastructure, war crimes and the return of a forced loan all through the Nazi terror regime in Greece.