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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

February 23, 1983

Greece and the USSR signed a 10-year agreement to improve economic and industrial ties. The agreement, signed after talks in Athens between Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Tikhonov and Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, comes at a time of strained relations between Athens and Washington over defense issues.