Greece wants to be a mediator between the EU and Russia , photo:
The new Greek government dominated by the radical left SYRIZA hard line rejects sanctions against Moscow, while it takes a sharp conflict in Donbas the pro-Russian rebels.
During the last day in the breakaway region, according to spokesman of the Ukrainian army killed 19 people, including 13 Ukrainian soldiers.
The EU Member States agreed last week to extend sanctions against Russia, aimed at individuals and Russian and pro-Russian parties considered responsible for the crisis in Ukraine, but so far without increasing the economic sanctions.
– Greece can not break its historical ties with Russia, but it can play the role of a mediator – Kodzias assured that once belonged to the Communist Party.
The head of the Greek diplomacy also referred to the new scenario arising with the rise to power of leftist Syrizy in the recent elections.
– At the last meeting of European Ministers of my colleagues understand that can not be treated on the diplomatic Greece as a pariah because of money – he said, adding that “the right to the money is one thing, and another is to give up their rights in Europe.” According Kodziasa ‘experience of the past five years is that the EU is committed to negotiations. ” – This is the key to understanding this, and I think that in this round of negotiations, we won – he added.
He stressed that a Greek exit from the crisis “is not just a matter of financial markets. It is also a question of that man feel well, that the Greeks feel that they can exercise their rights as citizens, so that they can dream of the future. “
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