The head of the Ministry of defense of Greece Panos Kammenos said that Athens have the opportunity to take on their own shoulders the role of mediator between Russia And NATO. "I think Greece can play this role," he said, responding to a question, RIA " Novosti ". "Greece is a NATO member And an EU member. And at the same time, we have a trust relationship with Russia, with whom we are friends and companions And have close contacts. So, Greece could play this role (facilitator's note. OPINION), AND we do everything in our power ", - noted the Minister. The Greek Minister arrived in the capital of Russia to participate in the fourth conference on international security, which will be held April 16-17 in Moscow hotel " Ukraine ". As far as we know, Greece is the only country member of NATO, which will be presented at the forum by the head of the Ministry of defence. 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. Russia was invited to the conference on security 80 delegations from different countries, however, was not to invite Ukrainian commissioners. According to the Deputy defense Minister Anatoly Antonov, Moscow has not invited representatives of Ukraine at security conference in the capital of Russia to " give them rest ". Remember, a few days before that, Moscow was visited by the Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras.
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