Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is urging a new agreement with international creditors on his country's debt burden "by the end of May".
Between now and then, Greece was "not going to ask for any more loans", he told reporters in Paris on Sunday.
The visit was the first stop for Varoufakis on a European charm offensive to build support for a renegotiation of his nation's 240-billion-euro ($A348 billion) bailout by the European Union and the IMF.
Europe, and Berlin in particular, are closely watching the first moves by Greece's new far-left government after the anti-austerity Syriza party swept to victory late last month promising it would seek to write down half of Greece's debt.
Germany, which has shouldered the bulk of its loans, has already refused to consider any relief.
Varoufakis, who is holding talks with European counterparts this week to set out his country's position on repayments, said he wanted to go "soon" to Berlin and Frankfurt - home to the headquarters of the European Central Bank.
"I'm really eager to go to Berlin ... Madrid, Frankfurt," Varoufakis told reporters after meeting French Finance Minister Michel Sapin.
"It is essential we meet," he said, referring to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.
The German finance ministry said it had not yet received an "official request" for such a visit.
Ahead of Sunday's meeting in Paris, Sapin said the EU should be open to reworking Greece's bailout, while emphasising it must still pay up eventually.
"We can discuss, we can postpone, we can alleviate - but we will not cancel", Sapin told France's Canal+ television.
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