9th Meeting of the Greek-Russian Joint Interministerial Committee (Sochi, 23-24 November 2015)
The proceedings of the 9th Meeting of the Greek-Russian Joint Interministerial Committee on Economic, Industrial, Technological and Scientific Cooperation were completed today, in Sochi. The Meeting was chaired, on the Greek side, by the Deputy Foreign Minister for International Economic Cooperation, Dimitris Mardas, and, on the Russian side, by Transport Minister Maxim Yurievich Sokolov.
The JIC proceedings focused on issues such as the upgrading of the institutional framework for cooperation in the sectors of economy, energy, transport, agriculture, tourism, entrepreneurship and technology, following the Joint Action Programme signed in Moscow by Greece’s Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, and Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, on 8 April 2015. It was also stressed that the development of bilateral economic cooperation is a priority for both sides.
Also discussed was the creation of and participation in joint bilateral economic cooperation programmes, as well as the development of the potential for mutual investments in the sectors of energy, transport, agriculture and tourism, with the two sides agreeing to intensify their efforts in the above direction.
November 24, 2015