Moscow - President Putin will pay his first visit to Greece on December 6th-8th for talks likely to be dominated by the Balkans and other regional security issues, the Kremlin said yesterday.
First Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr Alexander Avdeyev, said Mr Putin and the Greek Prime Minister, Mr Costas Simitis, would discuss efforts to reach political settlements in the Balkans. They would also discuss the Middle East, Afghanistan and Cyprus.