MOSCOW, June 17 (Reuters) - Russia is not entering an armsrace with the West as this would hurt the economy, PresidentVladimir Putin's main foreign policy adviser said on Wednesday.
Briefing reporters on an economic conference later this weekin St Petersburg, Yuri Ushakov said Putin would meet Greece'sprime minister on Friday to discuss the planned Turkish Streamgas pipeline and other issues.
Ushakov said Putin would also meet the Saudi defenceminister to discuss bilateral cooperation, including on energy,as well as the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency,with whom he would discuss Iran's nuclear programme. Putin willalso meet the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, he said. (Reporting by Denis Dyomkin and Katya Golubkova, Writing byTimothy Heritage, Editing by Elizabeth piper)