No country will block Greece's potential access to EU/IMF aid if the European Commission and European Central Bank issue a positive recommendation that it should be used, Greece's finance minister said late on Tuesday.
Some analysts have said Greece could face resistance in tapping the package worth an estimated 45 billion euros ($61 billion) in the first year if individual euro zone member states refuse to approve the aid or create delays.
But Papaconstantinou said that EU and ECB approval, which is a part of the deal, would make it difficult for anyone to thwart it.
"I have no doubt that if we ever come to the point to ask for help and the ECB and the European Commission deliver a positive recommendation, it will be very difficult for any country not to vote in favour," he told Greek television.
"No country will block it when there is a positive recommendation."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has shown resistance to granting Athens aid ahead of a May 9 election as polls show voters in the biggest European Union economy are loathe to help a country that has flouted the bloc's budget rules for years.
The debt-laden Mediterranean country is still considering whether to grab the euro zone and International Monetary Fund lifeline, which would be the largest multilateral bailout ever attempted if activated.
Papaconstantinou reiterated Athens preferred to borrow in the markets rather than making use of the deal, and that talks were underway to finalise the procedure under which the Fund would be involved.
"This is what is being discussed these days… The framework has been jointly agreed. Greece will not agree some things with the European Union and other things with the IMF," he said.
Markets have punished Greek assets, driving the premium investors demand to buy Greece's government bonds rather than their German counterparts to record highs last week.
Those levels eased after the weekend agreement of details of the aid package by euro zone leaders. But they still remain high, with the Greek 10-year bond yield still more than double that of Germany's.
Papaconstantinou also said officials would consider other factors besides debt costs when deciding whether to activate the mechanism or not. He added Athens would never reveal the "red line" at which it would decide to invoke the deal.
