MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Kremlin spokesman said that Russia so far had no plans to provide financial aid to Greece, adding that Athens has not asked for Moscow's help.
“In this case, obviously, there is no need to speak about, let’s say, an orderly plan to provide aid for Greece, this isn’t necessary. Moreover, President Putin has repeatedly said that Greece has not asked the Russian Federation for help,” Peskov told journalists.
Peskov said that Moscow wanted to develop cooperation with Athens.
“But if we look at the good relations between Russia and Greece and the plans of the two countries to do everything possible so that their relations, especially in the trade and economic spheres, are to expand, then the Russian side definitely is ready and is trying to use all of its efforts so that our cooperation with our Greek partners continues to develop, especially taking into account that they [the Greek side] are showing interest.”
“We would welcome any compromise that would help both Greece and Brussels get out of the clinch they entered,” Peskov told journalists.
Peskov said that the talks between Greece and the EU have not finished yet, so an assessment of the results should be done carefully.
“It’s probably better to be very cautious in any type of assessments. As far as I understand, there is some very painstaking and complex work going on and a compromise is very difficult to find,” Peskov said.
Greece, with its overall debt standing at some $350 billion, has been involved in lengthy talks with its major international creditors — the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund and some Eurozone countries — to secure a third bailout package.
