Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos met in Berlin today with the Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister of the Federal Republic of German, SDP Chairman Sigmar Gabriel. Mr. Venizelos is carrying out a visit to Berlin at the invitation of his German counterpart.
Messrs. Venizelos and Gabriel discussed the whole range of bilateral economic, trade and energy cooperation, with emphasis on the issues of renewable energy sources and innovative enterprises, and they agreed to continue the preparations for an exchange of business missions.
Mr. Venizelos briefed Mr. Gabriel on the institutional framework for the developments in Greece ahead of the election of the President of the Republic, and he requested Mr. Gabriel’s support, in the latter’s capacity as SPD Chairman, in the Bundestag decision on the two-month extension of the current programme and the transition to a status of a precautionary line of credit.
December 11, 2014