RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN WITH GREEK PRIME MINISTER SIMITIS IN ATHENS.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Greek Prime Minister Costas
Simitis are interviewed in Athens December 7, 2001. Putin said that he
was unconcerned about a delay in launching a new NATO-Russia Council,
saying there was no need to rush. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis
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