Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Sia Anagnostopoulou received today, Monday 4 March, the Russian Ambassador Andrey Maslov, in the context of a courtesy meeting on the occasion of assumption of her duties.
During the meeting, the excellent relations between the two countries were confirmed, also following Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ recent visit to Moscow (December 2018). At the same time, there was an exchange of views on international and regional issues of common interest.
Methods of further strengthening the cooperation between the two countries with regard to international organisations were discussed, while the special significance that the two countries place on events due to take place in 2019, both in Greece as well as Russia, in the context of the Greece-Russia Year of Language and Literature was also discussed.
March 4, 2019