Main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras met Russia's First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Vladimir Titov during his two-day visit as the head of a SYRIZA delegation.

Tsipras described his meeting with the First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs as a time: "...to obtain a complete picture about current developments on the Ukraine issue. We underlined our concerns, where we coincide and where we disagree with the Russian side but, chiefly, we underlined the need for a peaceful resolution to this crisis. And the need, on the part of the EU, to highlight dialogue, negotiations and the diplomatic route, and not sanctions or an escalation of tension."

SYRIZA delegates return to Athens today evening, after a meeting with Russian Parliament's lower house.