Catherine Novelli

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos had a series of meetings in Washington during the IMF-World Bank summit in an effort to present his views on the progress of negotiations between the country and its lenders. On the sidelines of the Summit, Tsakalotos met with IMF Director Christine Lagarde and agreed that the IMF representatives would return to Athens next week.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas departs today for Romania, where he will represent Greece at the 33rd Meeting of the BSEC Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which is taking place in Bucharest on 11 December 2015.

By Chryssa Liaggou

Energy Minister Yiannis Maniatis is flying to the United States on Sunday with the primary aim of promoting hydrocarbon surveys in the Ionian Sea and the region south of Crete. He will hold meetings with US government officials as well as representatives of American oil companies.