Greek State News Agency to sign with Russia's Rossiya Segodnya (Part of RT)

ANA-MPA on Thursday announced that it is ready to sign a cooperation agreement with the Russian news organisation Rossiya Segodnya. The announcement came from St. Petersburg on the sidelines of the International Economic Forum, where Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is also to participate. It should be reminded that Rossiya Segodnya is the largest news group in Russia and includes the broadcaster Russia Today, the news agency RIA Novosti and the international radio station Voice of Russia.

According to the announcement, the agreement provides for the development of bilateral cooperation in the news sector with the view to upgrading the relations between Russia and Greece. For this reason ANA-MPA and Rossiya Segodnya are set to jointly implement programs that are going to cover the news on political, financial, cultural, tourism and sports sectors.

Additionally, the agreement includes the creation of a service that aims to focus on the cooperation between Greece and Russia in the sectors of energy, commerce, investments, tourism and culture.

The contract will be signed by ANA-MPA president and general director Mihalis Psilos and the general director of Rossiya Segodnya, Dmitry Kiselyov.

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