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Obama holds discusses Greek financial crisis with Merkel, Tsipras

WASHINGTON, July 7 (KUNA) -- President Barack Obama spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and then with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday in which he discussed the financial crisis in Greece.
"The conversations reflected the view that all parties continue to acknowledge that it's in their collective and mutual interest for Greece to remain part of the eurozone, but the only way that we'll succeed in achieving that goal is for all of the parties to agree to a package of reforms and financing that puts Greece back on a path toward economic growth and debt sustainability," White House Spokesperson Josh Earnest told reporters.
"This is quite complicated. But we continue to take heart in the fact that everyone who is sitting around that table acknowledges that it's in their collective interest for this to be resolved in that way, and so we're going to continue to encourage all sides to participate constructively in those conversations," he affirmed. (end) ak.bs