Tsipras Meets With OECD Sec. Gen. (VIDEO)

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday morning met visiting OECD secretary general Angel Gurria. Following the meeting and while addressing the press, Tsipras said that the government aims to make the reforms that the others did not dare to do so, adding "we do not have dependencies."

The Greek PM said that the cooperation with the OECD is going to be on the reform agenda of the government, with a progressive sign, based on, as he said, "the popular mandate and the programme we announced in the Parliament."

On his part, Gurria allowed it to be understood that he did not decide to visit Athens to show Greece what to do, but because the OECD works in the field of reforms. He said that the OECD can advise the government about what other countries do in similar situations, in order to provide the best solutions for Greek citizens.

He said that as an OECD member, the OECD is wants to work with Greece for Greece, while he stressed that the benefits of growth should be directed at the majority of Greeks and not the few.