German Chancellor Angela Merkel is still prepared to hold talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras despite the breakdown in debt negotiations at the weekend, her spokesman said Monday.

"Of course she is still willing to speak to Prime Minister Tsipras if he would like to," the spokesman, Steffen Seibert, told reporters.

Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was also still open to talks with his Greek counterpart, Yanis Varoufakis, a finance ministry spokesman added at the same news conference.