Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday told his government that the country's international creditors have rejected Athens's latest reform proposal, according to media reports, citing a Greek government officials. Greece submitted the proposals on Monday morning in the latest bid to unlock much needed financial aid. Tsipras's comments on Wednesday came before he headed to Brussels for an emergency meeting to discuss the reform measures with the heads of lender institutions, Bloomberg reported. In a post on Tsipras's official Twitter account, the prime minister criticized certain creditors, saying their stubbornness in not accepting equivalent reform measures hadn't been seen in negotiations with Ireland and Portugal. "Either they don't want a deal or they are serving specific interests in Greece," he said in the Tweet. The Greek premier is scheduled to meet European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, the International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker around midday in Brussels, or early morning Eastern Time. An EU official said the meeting would go ahead as planned, noting that talks hadn't broken down, according to the Guardian. The high-level meeting comes ahead of a Eurogroup gathering at 7 p.m. Brussels time (1 p.m. Eastern), aimed at locking in a reform deal before an EU summit on Thursday.

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