Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Tsipras on EU partners' concerns of closer Russian ties: Greece is sovereign

First entry: 8 April 2015 - 16:52 Athens
Tsipras on EU partners' concerns of closer Russian ties: Greece is sovereign
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."

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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