Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met tomorrow with Russian President Putin in Sochi. Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis on SKAI 100.3 radio and journalist Aris Portosalte, noting that his goal is to warm up Greek-Russian relations.
In particular, Mr. Varvitsiotis pointed out that the Greek Prime Minister is one of the few European leaders that Mr. Putin receives in Sochi and recalled that he was in Moscow last week as head of a Greek government mission, signing the Protocol of Cooperation and for the deepening of the economic cooperation between Greece and Russia “.
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The Deputy Foreign Minister noted that “tomorrow’s meeting will hopefully signal this warming, which, however, does not change the basic characteristics of Greek foreign policy”, ie our participation in the EU and NATO. At the same time, he stressed that the Russian Federation is a key factor in the European security architecture and that “what we want with Russia is to deepen economic cooperation, by strengthening bilateral trade and attracting investment, to fill the gap left behind. Russian countermeasures against European sanctions “.
Referring to the issue of energy, Mr. Varvitsiotis stressed that Russia is a reliable and the most important supplier of natural gas to our country. What we want, he said, is firstly, to continue this uninterrupted supply of gas and secondly, to supply it at lower prices.
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