Greek PM, Bolivian president call for stronger Latin American-Europe cooperation

ATHENS, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and visiting Bolivian President Evo Morales on Friday voiced their support for stronger cooperation between Latin America and Europe and called for solving the Venezuela crisis through dialogue, diplomacy and not foreign interventions.

"We oppose and will always oppose any attempted military intervention or solution, because we believe democracy and their own sovereignty is the only way out for people," Tsipras said during a joint press conference with Morales.

"The only way to resolve these issues and strengthen democracy is through dialogue," said the Bolivian president, who was on a two-day visit to Athens.

They also called for closer and deeper international cooperation to strengthen democracy and social justice worldwide and tackle common challenges.

Tsipras hailed the progress steps achieved in Bolivia in the past 13 years.

"Over the last 13 years, the Left in Bolivia led an economic miracle that prompted even the most hardliners of IMF executives - whom we too know here in Greece - to admit that Bolivia is a clear-cut success story," the Greek prime minister noted during an event hosted at Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center on Thursday evening shortly after Morales' arrival at the Greek capital.

On his part, the Bolivian president said Friday during a meeting with Tsipras that "Latin America and the Caribbean are known globally as fighters on behalf of a multifaceted dimension of international law, a multifaceted view on global issues, something which means working together to the benefit of humanity."

He also expressed his enthusiasm at his first visit to the Acropolis hill and the Acropolis Museum and invited Tsipras to visit Bolivia.