Update - Greek Pm Says 'Referendum İs Still On'

Greek Prime Minister AlexisTsipras spoke on television on Wednesday, telling Greeks that the referendum would still be held on Sunday, a move which he claimed was not about staying in the euro.



Tsipras stressed that the government still aimed for an agreement with creditors and "remains at the negotiating table."



He said that holding the referendum would obtain a better deal for Greece.



 He called on the Greek people to vote 'no' saying it represented the people's choice on how they want to live in the days after the referendum, and a return to European values, as well as strong pressure for a sustainable and fairer agreement.



"No doesn't mean a rupture with Europe but a return to Europe," Tsipras insisted.



 The Greek government's intention is to achieve an agreement with the country's lenders he added.



 He also noted  that "after the announcement of a referendum for Sunday, better proposals were tabled by the creditors than the ones the country had initially been offered.



But he assured Greeks that, if the Eurogroup has a "positive conclusion, we will respond immediately."



Earlier, Tsipras was reported to have written a letter to eurozone government heads, accepting most of the terms of the creditors' latest bailout offer made on Saturday.



The letter was leaked after Greece defaulted on its obligations to the International Monetary Fund -- the first developed country to ever do so -- and after the 2010 bailout had already ended.



Tsipras was also asking for a new bailout worth €29.1 billion ($32.4 billion).



The Eurogroup is to teleconference in Brussels at 5: 30 local time . - Ankara