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A tie… breaking moment! Renzi gifts Alexis Tsipras a necktie

The two Prime Ministers concluded their statements with a joke and a gift

Newsroom February 3 08:13

Both leaders laughed during the exchange, with the Greek PM replying in kind by giving the Italian PM a CD.

Tsipras also promised to wear the tie when he wins the fight for a conclusive resolution to the Greek debt crisis.

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