Obama says will urge creditors to give Greece space for recovery

Reuters

Published Nov 16, 2016 09:35AM ET

Obama says will urge creditors to give Greece space for recovery

ATHENS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would continue to urge Greece's creditors to aid the crisis-hit country and put it on a sustainable path to recovery.

"You will continue to have the core support of the United States, and at the same time I will continue to urge creditors to take the steps needed to put Greece on a path towards sustained economic recovery," he said during a speech in Athens, his last European trip before handing over the helm of the U.S. Presidency to Donald Trump in January.