Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had the chance to have a short meeting with President Barack Obama at the official dinner which took place at the White House in honor of the leaders of the countries participating in the UN General Assembly.

Newly sworn-in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pledged on Monday to do everything in his power to help Greece exit the economic crisis and restore it as an equal partner in the EU, during a meeting with Vassiliki Thanou, who served as caretaker premier in the pre-election period. 

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is expected to visit President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Monday, at 20:00, to receive the mandate to form a government.