Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is visiting Ukraine on Wednesday to meet with political leaders and representatives of the Greek local society.
The Greek Prime Minister is paying a visit to Ukraine in a very dangerous period of time due to renewed hostilities, however, there are a number of reasons for this visit, diplomatic sources said to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA).
First of all, the fact that Athens adheres to the doctrine of the multidimensional foreign policy. The developments in Ukraine determine to a large extent the Euro-Russian relations and this is considered rather important for the government. Moreover, the US-Russian relations have entered a new phase, following the election of the new US President, Donald Trump.
In addition, the Greek government has a great interest in security in the region, part of which is certainly the Black Sea “neighborhood.” More particularly because many thousands of Greek origin Ukrainians live in Ukraine, some of them in very dangerous areas.
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