German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday congratulated new Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras by phone and invited him for talks in Berlin.
Merkel “wished him luck and success for the difficult work that lies ahead of him,” Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement. “The federal chancellor hopes for good cooperation with Prime Minister Samaras and his government and invited him to visit Berlin.”
Seibert gave no details on when any possible meeting could take place.
Conservative leader Samaras was sworn in earlier Wednesday as the prime minister of a new Greek coalition faced with the challenge of trying to revise the terms of an unpopular EU-IMF bailout deal.
(source: AFP)
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