Deputy FM on the agreements with Russia, China, India

Deputy FM Spyros Kouvelis stressed in an interview to “Radio
9”, on Wednesday that Greece does not have and will never have nuclear facilities, 'that is why we are demanding that our neighbours take into account the potential consequences of installing nuclear reactors near Greece.' 

 

Kouvelis replied about the economic relations between Greece and Rusia that 'during my April 2010 visit to Moscow, I and my co-chairman on the Economic Cooperation Committee, Russian Transport Minister Levitin, discussed all the bilateral cooperation issues, signed the extension of the DESFA-Gazprom cooperation for moving ahead with providing natural gas in Greece, and now a visit from Mr. Levitin is being scheduled so that we can move ahead on this cooperation.'  

Deputy FM also said that the air link between Beijing and Athens could mean very positive developments in tourism and he underlined that 'last year, 60 million Chinese tourists left China, but only 10,000 of them came to Greece. This has to change'. 

Kouvelis also stated about the agreements with India...  'The cooperation plan and agreement we made with India a few days ago looks at a number of synergies in the shipping sector, cooperation in the energy sector, where the Indian’s are seeking know-how and the presence of Greek energy and renewable energy enterprises. They expressed interest in cooperating with Greece on food processing and promotion, because India is a country with great agricultural production but a lack of processing.'

Deputy Foreign Minister also said about the economic diplomacy schedule of 'six priorities' which he presented that 'we have already begun planning for bilateral meetings between young Greek entrepreneurs and their Turkish counterparts, due to both geographical proximity and the broader cooperation that already exists. And we are also planning such meetings with young entrepreneurs from countries farther afield.'