Greek foreign minister due in Iran for talks
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is scheduled to pay an official two-day visit to Iran to hold talks with senior Iranian officials on ways to improve relations, particularly in the trade and economy sectors.
Heading a high-ranking political and economic delegation, Kotzias will arrive in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Sunday.
The Greek foreign minister will be accompanied by Dimitris Mardas, the deputy foreign minister in charge of economic affairs, Theodora Tzakri, the deputy industry minister, and a delegation of Greek businessmen.
Kotzias plans to sit down with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani.
He will also address a meeting with Iranian and Greek businessmen and deliver a speech at the University of Tehran on Monday.
Greece was a key European importer of the Iranian oil before Western sanctions on Tehran brought the oil sales to a halt in 2012.
Athens has an outstanding debt owed to Tehran from oil purchases, according to Iranian officials who have not divulged the figures.
The Greek foreign minister’s visit to Tehran comes against the backdrop of a nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries.
On July 14, Iran and the P5+1 group of countries – the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia plus Germany – reached the nuclear agreement, dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in the Austrian capital, Vienna.
Under the JCPOA, limits will be put on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for, among other things, the removal of all nuclear-related economic and financial bans against the Islamic Republic.
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