US Treasury Secretary contacts Tsipras

According to government sources Mr. Lew stressed over the phone that the “US supports the success of Greece’s talks with its European partners for an agreed exit from crisis program and the importance that this development has to financial stability in Europe “.

Furthermore, the US Treasury Secretary expressed the US satisfaction on technical-financial ongoing consultations in Brussels “.

From his side, according to the same sources, the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras repeated the need for a program that will end austerity.

It is worth mentioning that at the same time White House assistant adviser on national security issues, specializing in international economic issues Caroline Atkinson, also states in favor of a further compromise of European countries in order for Greece to remain in the Eurozone, but at the same time she calls Greece to present a reliable reform program.

Speaking at the Chatham House institute, she added that “it is important that creditors take into account the fact that in Greece, there was a very large drop in income, real wages, production as well as a great increase of unemployment.”