Secretary general of International Economic Relations of the Foreign Ministry George Tsipras with the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation responsible for Regional Development and Interregional Cooperation Alexander Tsybulskiy met in Moscow to discuss interregional cooperation.

The Greek Foreign Ministry released a statement announcing the considerable momentum gained by interregional cooperation between Greece and Russia after the ninth meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee on Economic, Industrial, Scientific and Technological Cooperation, held in Sochi, Russian Federation, in November, when it was decided to establish a relevant working group.

During the meeting both sides agreed to proceed in the appointment of the working group members, so that the first meeting will take place within the next two months.