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    July 17, 2011

Clinton in Greece for Debt Talks

   VOA News
   Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis , left, and US Secretary of
   State Hillary Rodham Clinton speak on Sunday July 17, 2011
   Photo: AP
   Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis , left, and US Secretary of
   State Hillary Rodham Clinton speak on Sunday July 17, 2011 during a
   meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens

   U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Greece for two days of
   talks with government officials, which are expected to focus on the
   Greek economic crisis.
   Clinton is to meet Sunday with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou.
   A senior official traveling with Clinton says that during her meetings
   in Athens, she will press both in public and in private for support for
   Mr. Papandreou's austerity program, aimed at securing additional
   European and international rescue loans.
   Her meetings with top Greek officials come as Greece prepares for an
   emergency summit on Thursday in Brussels, where the leaders of the 17
   Eurozone countries will attempt to forge a deal on a second bailout for
   the nation.
   Before ending her tour of Turkey Saturday, Clinton offered her support
   to Turkish calls for a resolution of the long-running dispute between
   Ankara and Athens over Cyprus.
   Turkey does not recognize the Greek Cypriot government, and has sided
   with the Turkish Cypriot north in the 36-year standoff that has divided
   the Mediterranean island-nation. Ongoing reconciliation talks begun in
   2008 between the Turkish north and the Greek south have so far failed
   to produce a settlement.
   The secretary is scheduled to leave for India Monday.

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