ATHENS: Crisis-hit Greece hopes to re-energize relations with Moscow at a two-day visit by Russian leader Vladimir Putin that could bring badly-needed energy and trade breakthroughs, the government daily said Friday.
“Putin visit reheats Greek-Russia relations,” Avgi daily said, adding that the Russian leader is accompanied to Athens by six ministers.
Putin, who was last in Greece in 2007, is expected to land in Athens around 1330 GMT and hold separate meetings with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
The PM’s advisor on Russian issues, Dimitris Velanis, told Avgi that Russia factored heavily in the government’s efforts to pull the …read more
Source: The Manila Times
