Greek Prime Minister noted the importance of Russia’s role in European security

Russia is a part of Europe’s security architecture, therefore, its participation in the dialogue is of interest to many countries. This was announced on December 8 by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi.

He expressed the hope that the situation in Ukraine will not come to serious clashes. However, what is happening is worrying, added the Greek prime minister.

“Among other things, the Minsk agreements must be observed. Greece is interested in resolving, not exacerbating the crisis, ”the politician said.

For his part, Putin called the talks with Mitsotakis meaningful and productive.

“The signing of a number of agreements was also timed to coincide with the visit of the Prime Minister of Greece, in particular, in such areas as safety at sea, tourism, finance, high technologies,” the Kremlin’s website quoted Putin as saying.

The parties discussed in detail the most pressing issues of current cooperation between Russia and Greece, including the comprehensive joint action plan of Moscow and Athens for 2022-2024. An agreement was reached to support the development of tourism.

The head of state also thanked the Greek authorities for recognizing the certificates of vaccination against coronavirus with the Russian drug Sputnik V.

The meeting between the Russian leader and the Greek prime minister took place earlier on Wednesday at the Bocharov Ruchey residence in Sochi. At the beginning of the talks, the Russian leader pointed out that relations between the countries are developing very positively.

In November, the secretary general of primary health care in Greece, Marios Themistokleous, said that Russians can present a certificate of vaccination in paper form when entering the country, since the Greek digital application does not recognize the QR code of the Sputnik V vaccine, Gazeta said. Ru “.