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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-05-23
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[01] Russian President Putin to visit Greece on May 27-28, Kremlin
announces
[01] Russian President Putin to visit Greece on May 27-28, Kremlin
announces
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Greece on Friday and Saturday
this week, meeting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President
of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos to discuss energy and
transport projects "of mutual interest," a Kremlin announcement said
on Monday.
During these talks at the highest level, the two sides are expected to
discuss key issues relating to bilateral cooperation in trade, economic
affairs and investment, as well as the implementation of projects in
energy and transport, the Kremlin's announcement said.
The talks will also focus on cultural and humanitarian cooperation in the
context of the cross-cultural 'Greece in Russia, Russia in Greece' year
in 2016, as well as the celebration in the same year of the millenial
anniversary of a Russian monastic presence on the 'Holy Mountain,' a
semi-autonomous region of Orthodox monasteries on Greece's Mount Athos
peninsula in Halkidiki.
Putin is also expected to exchange views on current international and
regional issues, while a number of bilateral agreements will be signed
during the visit, the announcement said.
This is Putin's first visit to an EU member-state for over a year and
may coincide with a visit by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow to Greece on
May 27-29 to take part in the Mount Athos celebrations, according to AFP.
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