ATHENS, March 14 (RIA Novosti) - The Greek prime minister has invited Russian energy companies to invest in the Greek economy, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Wednesday.
Konstantinos Karamanlis said in an interview with RIA Novosti that the government's economic policy, specifically liberalization of the electricity and natural gas market, opens new, broad prospects for private investment projects that could be effectively implemented by Russia's energy majors.
He said Greece maintains close relations with Russia in the political and economic sphere, adding Russia is the largest natural gas supplier to the country, and also accounts for about 32% of the country oil imports.
President Vladimir Putin will visit Greece March 15, after a two-day visit to Italy.
