Greek prime minister in China

Greek prime minister in China

BEIJING, China - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

Greek prime minister in China

Greek prime minister in China

BEIJING, China - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (far L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (far R) hold talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

Greek Prime Minister Samaras in China

Greek Prime Minister Samaras in China

BEIJING, China - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (front R) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a welcoming ceremony for Samaras at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 16, 2013.

Greek Prime Minister Samaras in China

Greek Prime Minister Samaras in China

BEIJING, China - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang walk to attend a welcoming ceremony for Samaras at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 16, 2013.

Demonstration in Greece

Demonstration in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - People participate in a demonstration in front of the Finance Ministry in Athens on Sept. 26, 2012. A general strike took place in Greece the same day for the first time since Antonis Samaras took office as the country's prime minister to form a coalition government in June.

Merkel, Samaras meet in Berlin

Merkel, Samaras meet in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras hold a news conference in Berlin on Aug. 24, 2012, after their first meeting since Samaras took office in June.

New gov't to be formed in Greece

New gov't to be formed in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - File photo shows Antonis Samaras, leader of Greece's conservative New Democracy party. A government supportive of an international bailout package is set to be formed in Greece as the moderate Democratic Left party, which is opposed to austerity measures, expressed support on June 20, 2012, for a coalition led by the pro-bailout New Democracy party.

Greek election

Greek election

ATHENS, Greece - Antonis Samaras, leader of New Democracy, a conservative party that supports keeping Greece in the eurozone, declares victory on June 17, 2012, in the day's elections, at a press conference in Athens. New Democracy came first in the nation's parliamentary elections, raising the likelihood of a pro-bailout coalition government being formed.

Greek conservative politician Samaras

Greek conservative politician Samaras

ATHENS, Greece - Antonis Samaras, leader of New Democracy, Greece's major conservative party, gives a speech in Athens on June 15, 2012.

Greek conservative politician Samaras

Greek conservative politician Samaras

ATHENS, Greece - Antonis Samaras, leader of New Democracy, Greece's major conservative party, gives a speech in Athens on June 15, 2012.

Greece election

Greece election

ATHENS, Greece - Greece's New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras speaks in Athens on May 3, 2012, ahead of the May 6 general election.

Greece election

Greece election

ATHENS, Greece - Greece's New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras speaks in Sparta, southern Greece, on April 26, 2012, ahead of a general election.

Greek anti-austerity Syriza party set for election victory

Greek anti-austerity Syriza party set for election victory

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras attends a press conference on Jan. 25, 2015, in Athens, after a leftwing anti-austerity party was poised for a comfortable victory in the general election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Greece election

Greece election

ATHENS, Greece - Greece's New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras speaks in Athens on May 3, 2012, ahead of the May 6 general election. (Kyodo)

Greece election

Greece election

ATHENS, Greece - Greece's New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras speaks in Sparta, southern Greece, on April 26, 2012, ahead of a general election. (Kyodo)