The meeting was held upon an initiative of the Greek Partner. Georgios Kasapidis requested the Roselkhoznadzor to support a proposal of Panagitis Sgouridis, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Greece, on the development of bilateral relations in the area of agriculture and safety monitoring of food products as well as in the context of lifting restrictions in reference to some key plant products and also expressed his interest in the development of Greek-Russian parliamentary contacts.