Isihac: the Greek government against the introduction of penalties for Russia
The Greek government against the imposition of penalties with respect to Russia and against deterioration of relations between Russia and Europe, said the co-Chairman of the joint Russian-Greek Council for economic, industrial and scientific-technical cooperation, Deputy defense Minister of Greece Kostas Isihac.
"The new Greek Government is consistent in its position, which was announced back when We were the opposition party after the elections on 25 January that We are against the militarization of the fall in the Ukraine, We are against the deteriorating political and economic relations between Europe and Russia ", - he said in the interview to the Agency Sputnik.
According to Isixhosa, " Greece as a member state of the EU does not agree with the punishment or countermeasures "." We can talk about the future of European-Russian relations and the Greek - Russian relations only without the use of punishment, only in a peaceful way through dialogue, which will give the opportunity to defend new clashes between East and West, a new cold war, which will only be harmful to European Nations, the Greek people and, of course, the Russian people, " he said.
explaining the intention of the US to continue the sanctions pressure on Russia, Isihac noticed that Greece does not consider that the introduction of anti-sanctions within the EU will help the situation. ""the number one question is obliged to become alleviating the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, the solution of humanitarian fallen," he said.
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