Possible assistance to Greece from Russia should be extremely pragmatic, believes the member of the international Department of the state Duma Nikolay Levichev.
Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras will visit the Russian Federation on a working visit. On Wednesday, Greek Prime Minister will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tsipras also invited to the Victory Parade in Moscow on 9 may.
"The visit of Alexis Tsipras in the capital of Russia Can become one of the biggest trump cards in negotiations of Greece and European bureaucrats. Without doubt, during the visit Tsipras May petition for the allocation of financial aid, withdrawing food embargo ", - the MP said Last news on Tuesday.
Levichev added that we must not forget that " the domestic economy is not in the best condition, the budget is subject to sequestration, and the government is seriously considering the possibility of a recurrence of the Ukrainian experience to stop the payment of pensions to working pensioners ".
"But we, undoubtedly, need supporters among European countries, able to influence decisions on the extension and prolongation of anti-Russian sanctions. Can Greece to play such a role is a big question, " explained the Deputy.
Levichev considers that the possibility of allocating Russia loans to the country in the pre-default state external debt at 175% of GDP, should be directly linked to the Russian companies ' ability to supply its products to Greece, access to assets in that country.
"against the backdrop of negotiations between Iran and Turkey on the issue of hydrocarbon supplies to the European Union the role of Greece as a transit country has the ability to be very significant, and Russian companies, it would be useful to make wider its influence on the gas transportation system of this state," he said.
the MP added that it is worth considering the possibility of a limited lifting of the embargo on Greek food items, But this process is not obliged to interfere with import substitution in the Russian market.
"We have to be extremely pragmatic, absolute priority, and our country's foreign policy, is bound to become the development of domestic economy, most importantly, with emphasis on internal resources," Levichev.
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