MOSCOW, August 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss energy issues during his September 4 working visit to Greece, the Kremlin press service said Wednesday.
"The Russian President will conduct a working visit September 4 to Athens, where he will hold talks on energy cooperation with [Greek] Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis and Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov," the Kremlin said in a statement.
The document said the parties would focus on the construction of the Burgas-Alexandrupolis oil pipeline that Russia, Bulgaria and Greece are planning to build between the Black Sea and the Aegean, bypassing the Bosporus Strait in Turkey.
Russian oil company Transneft has expressed an interest in operating the future oil pipeline.
