Greek PM won’t attend EU summit due to eye surgery

PanARMENIAN.Net - Greece's new prime minister will not be well enough to travel to a critical European Union summit in Brussels after undergoing an eye operation, the government says, according to Belfast Telegraph.

Antonis Samaras underwent surgery for a detached retina on Saturday. Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said that the doctor treating him had forbidden him from flying.

Mr Kedikoglou said newly appointed Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos would attend the June 28-29 summit in Mr Samaras's place.

Greece's incoming finance minister, Vassilis Rapanos, was also treated in hospital on Friday after suffering a collapse. As his swearing in had to be postponed outgoing Finance Minister Giorgos Zanias still holds the title.

Mr Zanias, who was a key negotiator for Greece's bailout deal before being named to the post, will also attend the summit, along with two deputy ministers.