Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received on Thursday OECD secretary general Angel Gurria.

Tsipras said that Gurria is in Athens at a very crucial moment and underlined: “We have the economic crisis that tends to come to an end and in parallel we have the refugees crisis” he said and expressed the hope all these to end in the best possible way.

On his part Gurria called the time of his visit to Greece crucial adding that they at OECD are very happy that they can support the Greek government’s reforms programme. He also stressed that a lot of work is needed and a series of issues are still pending in order this programme to be implemented, however, the government is dealing with the pending issues very effectively.