Vladimir Putin met with the President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias 2007-03-15 13:50:16 Athens Earlier on, the President of Greece welcomed the signing of the Russian-Greek-Bulgarian intergovernmental agreement on constructing the Burgas – Alexandroupolis oil pipeline. Karolos Papoulias, former Greek Foreign Minister, had been at the forefront of the movement to construct the trans-Balkan oil pipeline.