Tsipras instead called on lenders to accept Greece's proposal sent this week that would reverse labor and pension reforms.

It is the fifth round of dialogue between the finance ministers from the world's second- and third-largest economies.

Without mentioning his struggles with substance abuse, he admitted, "I dug deep into my not-so-distant past" to play the character.

Chlorine is banned under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, which prohibits all use of toxic agents on the battlefield.