US Vice-President Joe Biden was quoted by the Cyprus News Agency on Thursday as saying that Barack Obama will touch on the increasing thorny issue of the Greek debt, during the latter’s visit to Athens next month.
Biden was asked the question at the conclusion of an OXI Day Foundation gala on Thursday evening in Washington D.C.
“I never found in my personal relationships any other group of people who are more loyal and courageous than Greeks,” Biden said.
“Oxi” means “no” in Greek, and “Oxi Day” is commemorated as a national holiday in Greece on Oct. 28, in honor of Greece’s entry into WWII on the sides of the Allies. Greek leader Ioannis Metaxas refused an ultimatum by fascist Italy in the early morning hours of Oct. 28, 1940, ushering Greece into the second world war.
Obama will arrive in the Greek capital a week after the US presidential election.
