13 Jun 2018 13:17

Lavrov to visit Greece in September

MOSCOW. June 13 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accepted his Greek counterpart's invitation to visit Greece in September to discuss issues relating to the preparations for the Greek prime minister's visit to Russia, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said.

"I have reaffirmed my invitation to Minister [Sergei] Lavrov to visit Athens in September to prepare for our prime minister's visit to Russia," Kotzias told a joint conference given with his Russian counterpart in Moscow on Wednesday.

Lavrov, for his part, said he was accepting his Greek counterpart's invitation.