Maria Zakharova
The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova commented on recent media reports that President Barack Obama will ask Greece to close the ports for Russian ships.
“And it’s not the limit! Obama, for example, may be asked to close Pushkin for pigeons or boards for the nails”, — Zakharov wrote in his Facebook. “Friends, what else can be asked to close Obama?” — she added.
Previously, the authors of the military-political portal Militaire came to the conclusion that Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Athens will require Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to close the country’s ports for ships of the Russian Navy.
According to the publication, the purpose of the trip Obama has identified the Heritage Foundation’s strategic research Institute of the United States involved in foreign-policy studies.
Washington also requires that in December, Greece voted to keep anti-Russian sanctions.
The US President’s visit to Athens will be held on November 15-16. In the course of it the Greek government expects to receive the support of Washington in the matter of debt relief, amounting to about 320 billion euros.
In October, the Maltese government refused to refuel Syria-bound ships of the Russian Navy, headed by the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser “Admiral Kuznetsov”. Prior to this the squad also failed to replenish the fuel in Spain.