The Vice President of the United States Mike Pence and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras discussed in a phone call on Monday bilateral ties, Greece’s NATO contributions and the end of the Cyprus talks, according to a White House readout.

Pence also congratulated Tsipras on Greece’s progress towards overcoming the economic crisis. The full statement is as follows:

High-level talks in the Swiss Alpine resort of Crans-Montana hit a brick wall in the early hours of Friday morning with no deal on a strategic agreement that could have paved the way for a comprehensive settlement of the decades-old Cyprus problem decades-old Cyprus problem.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras discussed developments on Cyprus talks in phone calls to the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres and the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, his office said on Monday.