Perdana Menteri Sepanyol Mariano Rajoy, dariKiri,
berjabat tangan dengan Presiden Barack Obama selepas pertemuan mereka di
Pejabat Presiden di White House di Washington, Isnin 13 Januari, 2014. (Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, left,
shakes hands with President Barack Obama after their meeting in the Oval Office
of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. (Phto AP – think IN
pictures @1WORLD Community)
JohnnyAdam – WASHINGTON
(AP) Presiden Barack Obama berkata pengangguran dan pertumbuhan ekonomi kekal
cabaran-cabaran besar untuk Sepanyol dan negara-negara Eropah yang lain.
Obama di
White House selepas bertemu dengan Perdana Menteri Sepanyol Mariano Rajoy.
Obama berkata Amerika Syarikat adalah lebih optimistik mengenai prospek Eropah
daripada setahun yang lalu. Obama memuji reformasi yang sukar struktur Sepanyol
telah diambil sebagai prekursor perlu untuk pertumbuhan. Beliau berkata
langkah-langkah tidak pernah berada yang politik paling popular, tetapi ia
perlu.
Rajoy
berkata mereka pembaharuan diperlukan usaha oleh orang-orang di Sepanyol, di
mana lebih daripada satu dalam 4 menganggur. Dia berkata dia yakin Sepanyol
memahami usaha telah perlu. Obama dan Rajoy berkata perjanjian perdagangan
Amerika Syarikat dan Kesatuan Eropah sedang berunding menawarkan peluang
pertumbuhan yang utama. Kedua-dua pemimpin juga berikrar kerjasama keselamatan
yang lebih mendalam.
Perdana Menteri Sepanyol Mariano Rajoy, kiri, dan
Presiden Barack Obama, tersenyum pada akhir mesyuarat mereka di Pejabat
Presiden di White House di Washington, Isnin Januari 13, 2014. (Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, left,
and President Barack Obama, smile at the end of their meeting in the Oval
Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. (Phto AP –
think IN pictures @1WORLD Community)
Perdana Menteri Sepanyol Mariano Rajoy, kiri,
bercakap sebagai dia bertemu dengan Presiden Barack Obama di Pejabat Oval di White
House di Washington, Isnin 13 januari, 2014 . (Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, left,
speaks as he meets with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White
House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. (Phto AP – think IN pictures
@1WORLD Community)
OBAMA: Job, growth remain challenges for Spain
WASHINGTON
(AP) President Barack Obama says unemployment and economic growth remain
enormous challenges for Spain and other European countries.
Obama
spoke at the White House after meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano
Rajoy. Obama says the U.S. is more optimistic about Europe's prospects than a
year ago. Obama is praising difficult structural reforms Spain has undertaken
as necessary precursors to growth. He says those steps are never the most
politically popular, but they're necessary.
Rajoy says those reforms
required effort by people in Spain, where more than one in four are jobless. He
says he's confident Spaniards understand the effort has been necessary. Obama
and Rajoy say a trade agreement the U.S. and the EU are negotiating offers
major growth opportunities. The two leaders are also pledging deeper security
cooperation.
