Greece's new finance minister Yannis Stournaras headed into his first meeting with the country's international debt inspectors on Thursday, shortly after being sworn in to office.

Stournaras' televised swearing-in ceremony at the presidential mansion was the first time Prime Minister Antonis Samaras appeared in public since undergoing eye surgery nearly two weeks ago, shortly after forming a coalition government with another two parties following inconclusive national elections.

Stournaras, a prominent economist, was meeting with the debt inspectors from the European Central Bank, European Commission and International Monetary Fund, known as the troika. He was appointed last week after the initially designated finance minister couldn't take up his position on health grounds.