Greek leader wants talks with Germany on war reparations

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Greek leader wants talks with Germany on war reparations

Associated Press | Thursday, August 29, 2019 10:49 a.m.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis shake hands Thursday after a joint press conference as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin.

BERLIN — Greece’s newly elected prime minister has said during a visit in Berlin that he hopes Germany will agree to start negotiations on war reparations.

After a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told reporters “we hope there will be a positive response.”

The previous Greek government delivered a formal request in April to enter talks on paying reparations Athens claims Greece is owed from both world wars.

Merkel didn’t mention the issue at the news conference, but Germany has said before that the question of World War II reparations to Greece had been settled.

Greece estimates it could claim minimum reparations of $323 billion for Germany’s World War II occupation and $10.19 billion for World War I.

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