SYRIZA leader holds talks in Moscow on crisis in Greece

According to SYRIZA sources from Athens, Tsipras, who is accompanied by the director of his political office, Nikos Pappas and the party’s head of Foreign Policy Costas Isihos, met with Alexey Puskov, president

of the state Duma’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Leonid Kalashnikov, secretary general of the Central Committee of the Russian Federation’s Communist Party, as well as with Aleksandr Romanovic, a member of the directorate of the “Fair Russia” Party and governor candidate for Moscow.

An extensive briefing took place in the framework of the meetings on the positions of the European Left Party on its antineoliberal programme, as well as on its upcoming congress at the end of 2013. The Russian officials showed great interest not only in European developments, but also in the social and economic crisis hitting the EU, with Greece being the focus.

The two sides committed themselves to continuing the mutual briefing, dialogue and joint action, whose aim is to make the positions of the European Left Party known on a broader basis, as well as prospects of cooperation and joint action with the parties of the Russian Left being examined immediately.

source: ΑΜΝΑ