17.04.2015 - 09:24 [ Keep Talking Greece ]

US President Obama chats with Varoufakis in White House

US Presidents do not normally meet and chat with finance ministers. However US President Barack Obama broke the protocol and had an informal chat with Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis during a reception hosted at the White House in order to honor Greece’ Independence Day. Certainly a powerful gesture of solidarity with debt-riden and cornered Greece. Surrounded by journalists and reception guests at a discrete distance, Obama and Varoufakis talked with each other for whole 12 minutes.