Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-11-03

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

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[01] Tsipras: Greece dynamically emerging from six-year crisis

[02] Turn to real economy and not insistence on fiscal issues, PM Tsipras says

[01] Tsipras: Greece dynamically emerging from six-year crisis

The prime minister stressed the importance of the summit taking place in Greece, a country that is emerging from a six year crisis, steadily upgrading its role as a pillar of peace, stability and security in our region.

Tsipras focused on three main topics highlighted in the summit for the future of the EU-Arab and Greek-Albanian cooperation:

First, it is based on close cooperation with the private sector and civil society. Secondly, the conference takes place at a critical time, for Europe, for the Arab world, but also the relationships between them. "A period which requires brave steps. For peace and stability in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen. And of course - regarding the Palestinian issue - for the resumption of credible negotiations aimed at a fair solution based on two states coexisting safely. With the establishment of an independent, viable Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital."

He also stressed that the conference takes place at a time when it should strengthen the Euro-Arab cooperation in order to address major international challenges such as terrorism, refugees and migration. At a time requiring a new global vision for the future of Euro-Arab relations in trade, investment, energy and tourism. "This vision is necessary now more than ever," stated Tsipras.

Third, today's conference takes place in Greece, "a country with strong historical, cultural, economic and diplomatic ties with the Arab world," a country, as he stated, that over time "has been the port and bridge between Europe and the Middle East", "a legacy of trust in a fluid and conflictual global and regional environment."

[02] Turn to real economy and not insistence on fiscal issues, PM Tsipras says

Tsipras also said that in parallel the road will be paved for Greece's participation in the ECB's quantitative easing programme and this is considered an important step for the return to the markets and the disengagement from loan contracts and memoranda.

The prime minister referred to the necessary steps for ensuring high growth rates adding that the lower primary surplus targets as of 2018 will contribute to the release of the necessary funds in order to reduce the tax burden on individuals and businesses, increase investments and strengthen the social policy, which fell dramatically in the previous years.

He pointed out that the huge wager for the country is to restart its economy without the pathogenies and shortcomings of the past. Therefore, he stressed the importance of changes and turn to real economy and not insistence on the discussion on fiscal issues.

Moreover, Tsipras stressed the importance of changing policy so that Greece becomes an attractive country for investments. He also cited Greece's great potential as a result of its geographical position. "We are a key energy player in the whole region, with many works in progress," he stated.

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