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The European Commission is ready to provide technical assistance to Greece if it returns to the negotiating table to discuss its debt problems with the lenders after the Sunday referendum on Greece’s possible exit from the Eurozone, the commission’s vice president, Valdis Dombrovskis, told the German Die Welt newspaper.

"The European Commission has always emphasized: The door to negotiations is open. But in order to reach solutions both sides need to engage constructively," Dombrovskis said, stressing that Greece needs a "credible strategy" to regain financial stability.

The vice president of the EU commission added that the situation in Greece is evidence that the economic and monetary union needs to be strengthened, and that it is up to the Greek people to decide whether they want to stay within the Eurozone.