“The Greek economy is returning to normalcy with its August 2018 exit from the memorandums, and foreign investments, including Russian investments, can contribute to the achievement of significant growth rates in the coming years,” Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos stressed during his intervention as a panellist in the round-table discussion on Greek-Russian economic relations, which was held within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “There is significant room for growth in Greek-Russian economic relations, in sectors such as tourism, shipping, agri-food and energy,” Mr. Katrougalos added, expressing the conviction that the Greek-Russian Joint Interministerial Committee will meet by the end of the year, in Russia. It was also agreed, with the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, to carry out a large business and investment mission to Athens in the fall of 2018.Other participants in the discussion included Georgy Kalamanov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Giorgos Tsipras, the head of the Prime Minister Economics Office, Alexander Murichev, the Vice President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Anastasios Tzikas, President of Thessaloniki International Fair Helexpo, Nikita Bantsekin, director general of the SME support service, Dimitris Bakolas, President of the Hellenic-Russian Chamber of Commerce, and Pavel Skurikhin, President of the National Union of Grain Producers. The discussion was monitored by Dimitrios Velanis, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic.The local government of St. Petersburg and the Hellenic-Russian Chamber of Commerce signed an agreement on the promotion of tourism and commercial transactions. Additionally, the more than 20 Greek enterprises participating in the Forum signed bilateral cooperation agreements in sectors such as shipping, agri-food and tourism.On the margins of the Forum, Mr. Katrougalos met with Tatiana Valovaya, Minister in charge of the Development of Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
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