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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Samaras to Meet Merkel in Berlin Next Tuesday

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will have a working lunch in Berlin on Tuesday, September 23, it was announced on Wednesday. The Secretariat General of Information and Communication announced that the meeting was finalized yesterday, following a communication between the two offices, noting that the meeting was decided by the two leaders when they met on the sidelines of the July 16 Summit. Samaras and Merkel had agreed to meet again in September to discuss the prospects of the Greek economy and the course of the Greek program, the formal announcement added. An announcement on the Greek Prime Minister’s visit to the German capital was also made in today’s scheduled press briefing in Berlin by deputy government spokesperson Christiane Wirtz. A federal government announcement that followed, said that Samaras and Merkel will focus on the economic situation in Greece, on European policy issues and on current foreign policy issues. The meeting will take place at 12:30 (local time) and will be followed by a press conference. (source: ana-mpa)


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