Greek Tsipras makes first visit to Germany amid bailout row

‘Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made his first visit to Germany amid a continued blame game between the two countries over Athens’s bailout program.

On Monday, Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met in the capital Berlin in an attempt to reboot the frayed ties between the two European states.

“I did not come here to ask for financial help … I came for an exchange of our thoughts and opinions, to see where there is common ground and where there is disagreement,” Tsipras told a press conference after the meeting.’

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