The Greek foreign minister and government vice president Evangelos Venizelos paid an emergency visit to the Ukraine on Sunday, as chairman of the EU's Council of General Affairs, during Greece's EU Presidency, that many feel was too little, too late.

The crisis in Ukraine will likely have an impact on natural gas but it will not affect the agreement that will be signed with Gazprom in a few days, Deputy Environment, Energy and Climate Change Minister Asimakis Papageorgiou stated on radio station Vima FM.

Government vice-president and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos on Tuesday referred to the results of his visit to Ukraine, the EU Foreign Ministers' Council on the issue of Ukraine, the Cyprus issue and the terrorist attacks in China.