President Biden congratulated Greece's prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on winning a second term as his country's leader.
The statement read
On behalf of the people of the United States, I send our congratulations to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece on his reelection. I look forward to continuing our close cooperation on shared priorities to foster prosperity and regional security. Together—as Allies, partners, and friends—Greece and the United States have championed democracy. We will keep working with the government and people of Greece as well as our vibrant Greek-American community in the United States to continue this legacy.
Biden's remarks come as Mitsotakis and his party, the centre-right New Democracy, garnered over 40 per cent of the vote in Sunday's election, winning at least 158 seats in the 300-seat parliament, according to CNN. New Democracy's opposition, the leftist-based Syriza, only garnered 17 per cent of the vote, according to early results. "We have high targets that will transform Greece," Mitsotakis said in his victory speech. "Today, we will celebrate our victory. Tomorrow we will roll up our sleeves." Mitsotakis, 55, saw success in his first term as Greece's prime minister, with his government staging a turnaround in its economy, which is now on the brink of returning to investment grade on the global market for the first time since losing market access since 2010
