THE CHANCELLERY OF
H.R.H. CROWN PRINCE Alexander II
OF YUGOSLAVIA

DELEGATION OF MINISTERS AND
BUSINESS PEOPLE TRAVEL TO ATHENS FOR “GREECE-SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
CONFERENCE PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE”
Belgrade, 8 February 2005 – A press conference took place at
Belgrade airport regarding the conference and exhibition
“Greece-Serbia and Montenegro Partnership Initiative”,
www.partnershipinitiative.gr that will be held 8 to 11 February in
the Athens Hilton. Ministers and distinguished business people
gathered at Belgrade Airport prior to departure.
HE Milan Parivodic, Minister of International Economic Relations
pointed out the importance of this conference, and emphazised that
today’s trip to Athens is a journey that has been planned for a long
time, and that it gathers a great number of business people,
Ministers and their Deputies.
“We are going to visit to our friends to show them what we can do
and to try to convince them that we are one of the best competitors
in the surrounding area. We hope that the conference will be
successful and that it will be a stimulus, a fly-wheel for
intensifying the commercial relations between Greece and Serbia and
Montenegro, relations that are already at a good level”.
HE Radomir Naumov, Minister of Mining and Energy mentioned that
this is not the first visit to the representatives of the Greek
Commerce, and that we already have very reliable partners and
friends among them.
“As far as the Energy sector is concerned, our expectations are
high, because we are going to face a long period in which the basic
directives and strategies of development of this section are to be
realized, a period with several priorities. I think that we can have
good partners and interlocutors among the Greek business people”.

Mr. Slobodan Milosavljevic, President of the Serbian Chamber of
Commerce emphasized in his addressing the present representatives of
the media the importance of the delegation, which is traveling to
Athens today, and which will be participating at the conference
“Greece-SCG Partnership Initiative”.
Mr. Slobodan Milosavljevic, president of the Serbian Chamber of
Commerce said “The expectations of the business people, participants
at the conference, as well as of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce,
are that the presence of the highest officials of our country, under
the auspices of The Royal Family Karadjordjevic, there will be
contribution to the rekindling of old contacts of our companies that
will make the Greek companies interested in investments in our
country, that the doors will be opened for the sale of our products
to the Greek market, and that traditional friendship and good
neighborly relations of our two peoples will be put on a higher
level through the economic cooperation. The presence of HE Boris
Tadic, President of Serbia points to the fact that this is the visit
of the highest possible level, and that we have all the reasons to
expect the best possible results”.
This evening the official opening dinner will be held in the
Hilton Hotel in Athens. Beside Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince
Alexander II and Princess Katherine, also will be HE Boris Tadic,
the President of Serbia, as well as distinguished representatives of
the Greek Government, Ministries, and a large number of business
people and members of the Advisory Bodies of the Crown.
On Wednesday, 9 February HE Mr. Dimitris Sioufas and HRH Crown
Prince Alexander II will greet the participants of the conference,
and the conference will be officially opened by HE Mr. Boris Tadic,
President of Serbia and Mrs. Anna Psarouda Benaki, President of the
Greek Parliament.
In the schedule of the conference, the first day will include the
Leaders Council, where a large number of officials and
representatives of the relevant ministries will be present, as well
as the opening of the Expo, an exhibition where a large number of
the companies from Greece and Serbia and Montenegro will have
booths.
During the next three days, plenty of discussions, meetings,
presentations and workshops are going to happen, and the Public
Relations Department of HRH Crown Prince Alexander II Chancellery
will regularly report to the media.
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

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