Eurozone nations showed the political will to help Greece reach a bailout deal at emergency talks in Brussels on Tuesday, new Greek finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos said.

Tsakalotos, who replaced maverick Yanis Varoufakis in the job on Monday, told reporters there had been "progress" in meetings with his 18 counterparts from the single currency and added that there was "political will to give Greece a new chance".