European Commission 'respects' Greece result: statement

The European Commission "respects" the result of the Greece bailout referendum, it said in a short statement, after Greek voters overwhelmingly rejected terms offered by international creditors.
Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker will hold a teleconference today morning with European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi and Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers, the statement said yesterday.
Juncker will also be "consulting tonight and tomorrow with the democratically elected leaders of the other 18 eurozone members as well as with the heads of the EU institutions," it added.
"The European Commission takes note of and respects the result of the referendum in Greece," the statement said.

Juncker was a key broker during months of talks between Greece and its EU-IMF creditors, but hit out at Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after they broke down and said he felt "betrayed.