No decisions at the Samaras-Merkel meeting

There will be no decisions at Friday's meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, Merkel said during a trip to Moldova on Wednesday.

Merkel added she would wait first for a report by the Troika of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund representatives on the progress Greece is making in terms of the reforms international lenders have set as conditions for aid.

Samaras started a European charm offensive on Wednesday with an appeal in Germany's Bild newspaper for more time for Greece to meet its borrowing obligations. He meets Merkel in Berlin today. Tomorrow Samaras will visit Paris for a meeting with French President Francois Hollande.