Germany's Merkel says stability of eurozone is most important

SINGAPORE, Jun | Wed Jun 1, 2011 10:42am EDT

SINGAPORE, Jun (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday the stability of the euro was paramount but her government will only decide how to handle the Greek situation after a team of inspectors make their report.

"We only decide after the evaluation of the troika report what to do next," Merkel told reporters in Singapore, referring to a group of inspectors from the European Union, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank.

"The stability of the eurozone is the most important," she added.

Merkel is on a two-day official visit to the Southeast Asian city-state following a trip to India.

(Reporting by Raju Gopalakrishnan and Andreas Rinke; Editing by Ramya Venugopal)

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