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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-08-06
CONTENTS
[01] Parliament's wishes to China
[01] Parliament's wishes to China
On behalf of the Greek parliament, House President Dimitris Sioufas
sent on Wednesday best wishes to the president of the All Chinese
People's Congress Wu Banguo for the Beijing Olympic Games beginning
on Friday.
Greece, says Sioufas in his letter, "the country that born the
Olympic Games and have organised them 4 years ago, wishes and
believes that your noble ambitions will be fulfilled."
"We wish and we firmly believe that by achieving your targets, you
will add another glorious moment to the history of the Olympic
Games. We believe that at the diffucult times the world community is
going through, the Olympic ideals, the noble competition, the Spirit
of Olympic Truce, peaceful coexistence and cooperation among
peoples, and the principles of humanism are the safest guidelines in
the course of modern world," Sioufas added.
Sioufas expressed his belief that the 2008 Olympic games will help
to the development of China.
Concluding, he also sent best wishes to all Greek athletes
participating in the 29th modern Olympic Games.
Caption: ANA-MPA file photo of President of Parliament Dimitris
Sioufas
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