New Delhi:
The White House said Monday it hoped to work closely with Greece's new government after the radical left-wing Syriza party stormed to power on an anti-austerity platform.
"We congratulate Greece on successfully completing its parliamentary elections and we look forward to working closely with its next government," Mark Stroh, a spokesman for the White House's National Security Council, told AFP in New Delhi during a visit by US President Barack Obama.
The comments come after Syriza routed the New Democracy party of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Sunday's poll, putting Greece on a collision course with European and international creditors.
After his victory, Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras repeated his campaign pledge to renegotiate the terms of Greece's 240-billion-euro ($269-billion) bailout with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
"We congratulate Greece on successfully completing its parliamentary elections and we look forward to working closely with its next government," Mark Stroh, a spokesman for the White House's National Security Council, told AFP in New Delhi during a visit by US President Barack Obama.
The comments come after Syriza routed the New Democracy party of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Sunday's poll, putting Greece on a collision course with European and international creditors.
After his victory, Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras repeated his campaign pledge to renegotiate the terms of Greece's 240-billion-euro ($269-billion) bailout with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
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