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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-12-18
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[01] PM in NYC webcast: Greece offers 'significant investment
opportunities'
[01] PM in NYC webcast: Greece offers 'significant investment
opportunities'
ANA-MPA -- Greece offers significant investment opportunities, Prime
Minister Antonis Samaras stressed in a webcast address at the 15th annual
Capital Link Greek Investor Forum on the theme "An era of Opportunity,"
held in Manhattan on Tuesday. The Greek premier stressed that a period
of recovery was about to begin after Greece achieved a primary surplus
for the first time, with the country in the process of jump starting
its economy. The pre-recorded webcast was addressed to hundreds of
delegates participating in the forum, representing some of the largest
investment firms in the United States, including banks. Samaras reported
"tangible results" from the ongoing effort for economic recovery being
made by the Greek people and the government. Among the milestones in this
effort, he referred to a drastic reduction in bureaucracy, especially
that relating to investments, noting that the country now offered a
"red carpet" to foreign investors as opposed to "red tape". He spoke
of the traditionally good ties and long cooperation between Greece
and the U.S. and also highlighted an increase in the flow of tourists
from the U.S. to Greece, which had helped to boost the Greek economy.
Samaras noted that, while his address in 2012 had focused on efforts to
overcome the crisis, the focus now was on Greece's course toward recovery
and that more and more people were talking about a Greek "comeback".
The premier also outlined the many steps taken to carry out structural
reforms and changes, especially in order to boost competitiveness and
improve the investment climate. "Our efforts are yielding results,"
he added, highlighting the investment opportunities arising in tourism,
banking, energy and farming and stressing that this was the "right time"
to invest in Greece.
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