Deputy Foreign Minister D. Mardas met at the Foreign Ministry today with the Russian Ambassador to Greece, A. Maslov, with whom he discussed issues of bilateral economic interest, with emphasis on the upcoming meeting of the Greek-Russian Joint Interministerial Committee, which is to take place in Sochi in late November. It was stressed that both sides attach great importance to the convening of this JIC, with the aim of tightening the relations between the two countries even further.