With a post on his personal Twitter account, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras congratulated Angela Merkel on winning Sunday's German elections.

Greece is now in a much better state than it was a year ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday, speaking during a press conference. Once the Greek programme has been implemented, she added, "we will have relatively good prospects."

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will hold a bilateral meeting with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Brussels.