US President Barack Obama said he looks forward to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s appraisal of the financial situation in Greece as well as the ways to achieve growth. At a joint press conference, after a meeting held between the two leaders in which the Ukrainian Crisis was tabled, Obama said regarding the developments with the Greek program: «I look forward to hearing Angela’s assessment of how Europe and the International Monetary Fund can work with the new Greek government to find a way that returns Greece to sustainable growth within the Eurozone,” adding that such growth is critical to the global economy, including the United States. On her behalf, the German Chancellor referred to the proposal Greece will submit in the upcoming Eurogroup, saying that she expects Athens to present a viable solution and then comment on it. However, she did not avoid to also refer to the existing program, which as she highlighted, underlines every future discussion. At the same time, she talked about the recovery of countries like Portugal, Ireland and Spain that proceeded with major reforms. Finally, Merkel stressed that “we aim to keep Greece in the Eurozone since 2010,” in what is seen as a message ruling out a possible Grexit, underlining, however, that there are certain commitments and that there has been an effort to achieve solidarity with the European partners.
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