Russia Government Okays Draft Russia-greece Merchant Shipping Agreement

The Russian government has approved the draft Russia-Greece merchant shipping agreement, RIA Novosti was told on Monday at the Government Information Department. The draft agreement says, among other things, that the sides will promote bilateral relations in the field of merchant shipping on the basis of principles of free and fair competition, freedom of merchant shipping and restrain from actions that would do damage to the development of international marine transport and trade.