US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew’s official visit to Athens on Thursday coincided with his published comments calling for Greek debt relief, something he said becomes even more important amid the current turmoil in neighboring Turkey.
Lew’s comments were featured in the Financial Times.
In language echoing official Athens’ position over the recent period, theUS secretary said Greece’s fiscal woes should be solved, so that it can better serve as an outpost of stability in the region.
“I would hope [the recent regional upheaval] would change the climate in which discussions of debt relief happen, just because it’s the right thing to do on its own, and at a time when Greece is in a position [of] geopolitical significance that’s a good time to reinforce their fiscal future,” he was quoted by FT as saying.
