thank you to the atlantic council for its commitment to the trans-atlantic relationship and for the work that quvee done in greece and i'm very happy that you're broadening the agenda of your interventions. by looking at issues which are also very much at the center of our priorities, issues such as climate change, resilient cities. they're very much related to the new agenda that we want to pursue as the country is coming out of a crisis. i'm here literally six months to the day when we received a very clear mandate by the greek people to change the country. to leave the crisis behind tooned drive a path towards and to drive a path towards growth. we're coming to washington with a broad delegation, at a time when there are already some very clear results in terms of us being able to actually implement our strategy. we're also coming at a time of great geopolitical turbulence, but also at a time when the greek-american relationship is, in my mind, the best it's ever been. it's an opportunity to take stock of what we have been able to achieve, but also to set a new sort of more ambitious

prime minister a warm welcome, thank you to coming to atlantic council. we are delighted you start with our meeting here before you meet president trump at the white house. after you met with our international advisory board in september on the sideline of the u.n. general assembly. the prime minister joins us this morning as part of the future initiatives. in the series, we welcome head of state and ministers to discuss challenges facing the trans atlantic community and opportunities for deep enga engageme engagement. promoting leadership and strategy with shape and secure a strong atlantic alliance. it is sometimes considered an american organization, it is really a transit atlantic, a global organization that brings together friends and allies to shape the global future. mr. prime minister, your first six months in office and what a six month it had been. investors are taking note and i am hoping more and more u.s. investors will take notes. cuts on property taxes and corporate taxes are on the horizon and unemployment has fallen 18% with the influx of