PM Tsipras to discuss Greek crisis at CGI event in New York

Gazzetta team 27 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015 - 15:08

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to appear on a panel discussing the crisis in Greece and Europe later on Sunday, organised by the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. Appearing alongside former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Tsipras is expected to refer to the tools available for coping with the crisis and to stress that harsh austerity is not an effective response in this direction.

The Greek prime minister will also address the UN Sustainable Development Summit discussing the post-2015 development agenda.

Tsipras is currently in New York to take part in the 70th meeting of the UN’s General Assembly, where he will address the assembly on October 1.

He was scheduled to have a number of meeting with foreign officials while in New York, including US Secretary of State John Kerry and the UN’s Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, as well as His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, New York mayor Bill de Blasio and representatives of diaspora organisations. A meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama may also take place on the sidelines of the meeting.

Tsipras will also participate in a separate meeting on migration, titled "Strengthening cooperation on migration and refugee movements under the new development” on September 30.

He will return to Greece on October 2.