US President Barack Obama called Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Wednesday afternoon to cong ratulate him on his election victory . “ The United States will stand to help Greek government to escape the politics of austerity,” the US President assured the new Prime Minister of Greece and that “this s upport will be expressed in practice through cooperation between the Ministries of Finance of both countries.”

Obama noted that “ Europe must escape the austerity policies, something that the USA did, and adopt a strong development agenda .”

Barack Obama advised Alexis Tsipras “to take a rest after the elections campaign because you will need strength later.” Tsipras reportedly replied that this was “difficult given the circumstances.” It is difficult , given the circumstances , the Greek Prime Minister replied.