First entry: 8 April 2015 - 16:52 Athens
Greek
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, during a press conference with Russian
president Vladimir Putin, replied to the warnings of EU leaders against
stronger ties with Russia by saying that "Greece is a sovereign
state...with its own, multidimensional foreign policy."
Tsiipras added that "Greece respects all its engagements with the international bodies it is a member of."
Mr Tsipras says the Turkish Stream will be a Turkish pipeline, and not through Greece. "There is an opportunity of financing on our part, which will receive natural gas from the Turkish-Greek border."
After repreating the two sides historical, cultural, and religious links, Mr Tsipras and Mr Putin shake hands. That's the end of the press conference.
Tsiipras added that "Greece respects all its engagements with the international bodies it is a member of."
Energy deal
On the two sides agreeing to energy cooperation, Mr Putin describes possibility of a Greek-Russian pipeline as a "big project" but refrains from giving too many details.Mr Tsipras says the Turkish Stream will be a Turkish pipeline, and not through Greece. "There is an opportunity of financing on our part, which will receive natural gas from the Turkish-Greek border."
After repreating the two sides historical, cultural, and religious links, Mr Tsipras and Mr Putin shake hands. That's the end of the press conference.
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