Jack Lew to visit Athens
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew will meet Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on Thursday at 11:00, during his visit to Athens this week.
After the meeting, Lew and Tsakalotos will hold a joint press conference.
Lew is due in Athens in Athens on Wednesday and Thursday, on his way back from a G20 finance ministers' meeting in China, and will also meet Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
According to a U.S. Treasury announcement, Lew will "encourage the government to continue making strong progress on reforms this summer so that European leaders can begin discussing with the International Monetary Fund the timing and details of debt relief this fall."
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