Washington D.C., October 26, 2012 — Mr. Evangelos Venizelos, leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Greece, met today with Mr. Charles Dallara, Managing Director of the Institute of International Finance (IIF), for informal discussions. They had a cordial exchange of views on the progress Greece is making on adjustment and reform and what remains to be done, both in Greece and in Europe more generally, for the Eurozone to emerge from the sovereign debt crisis.