Greece must share the position of the US and EU on Russia, said the U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry at a meeting with the Greek foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias.
"I very much hope, Mr. Minister, that we have the ability to maintain a strong partnership the United States and Europe in terms of Ukraine, the need to encourage the Russian Federation in any way possible to fulfill the Minsk agreement and to assist the world in the field, And to work together on long-term challenges - energy, energy supply and diversification in the region," Kerry said, reports RIA " Novosti ".
The U.S. has in the past expressed dissatisfaction with the position of the Greek government, which had opposed the punishment relative to Russia and energy cooperation with Moscow. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The EU and the US on the background reached in Minsk agreements Between Kiev and militias Donbass about stopping the fire entered against Russia punishment, against the financial, oil and defense industries. However, in March, Russia's envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said that a critical attitude to the sanctions against Russia from a number of EU members increases. In addition, the media said that Italy, Greece and Cyprus, as well As Spain, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia, whose leaders visited the capital of Russia, May not support the extension of sanctions against Russia. Before Wednesday some media reported that the decision of the Minister of national defense of Greece Panos Kammenos of to participate in the Moscow conference on international security in the process of a two-day visit to the capital of Russia has caused serious issues in the U.S. capital and the headquarters of NATO in Brussels. A few days before that, Moscow was visited by the Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras. Remember, April 9, in the process of his visit to the capital of Russia, Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras said that Relations between Russia and the EU need to restart to prevent international calls for energy cooperation and the displacement of Residents. on 8 April, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras discussed the Ukraine and the issue of introduction of sanctions against Russia from the EU. For example, Putin reminded that Russia is extremely interested in the full implementation of the Minsk agreement on Eastern Ukraine. But Tsipras said that Greece has repeatedly expressed its disagreement with the logic of imposing sanctions against Russia, such action is in fact an economic war.

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