Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-09-21

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] 6th Euro-Med ministerial conference on Rhodes

[01] 6th Euro-Med ministerial conference on Rhodes

The conference, aimed at boosting industrial growth in Mediterranean countries, takes place in Greece instead of Finland, which turned over the hosting of the Euro-Med presidency to Athens in order to concentrate on its ongoing EU Presidency.

Speaking in Rhodes, Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas primarily referred to a Mediterranean free trade zone by 2010.

The Euro-Mediterranean ministerial conference proceedings will be attended by ministers and representatives from the 25 EU member-states, Bulgaria and Romania, which are at the threshold of EU accession, as well as nine non-EU Mediterranean countries, including Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and the Palestinian Authority.

The conference will be opened by Verheugen, Finnish Trade and Industry Minister Mauri Pekkarinen, who will preside over the EU Council of Ministers, Sioufas and Jordan's Industry and Trade Minister, Sharif Ali Zuabi.

Pekkarinen and Sioufas will be the co-chairmen of the conference.

ANA-MPA file photo of Sioufas.

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