Greek PM sees solution to debt crisis and return to growth

Tsipras also welcomed a planned euro zone emergency summit on Monday that will try to avert a Greek default.

"Τhe (euro zone) leaders summit on Monday is a positive development on the road toward a deal," the statement said. "All those who are betting on crisis and terror scenarios will be proven wrong."

"There will be a solution based on respecting EU rules and democracy which would allow Greece to return to growth in the euro"

(Reporting by George Georgiopoulos and Angeliki Koutantou; writing by Matthias Williams)