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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-10-09
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[01] Greek minister elected president of WTO com't for Europe
[01] Greek minister elected president of WTO com't for Europe
AMNA/Greek Culture & Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos has been
elected to the two-year position of president of the UN World Tourism
Organisation's committee for Europe, during a WTO congress held in
Korea on Sunday.
Geroulanos thanked WTO members for his election, before citing the
priorities and targets to be set by the Greek presidency, particularly
in the development of tourism within the European Union. amna
"If we want to bring people closer we must not be arrogant and raise
walls but, instead, to build bridges," he said.
On the sidelines of the congress, Geroulanos signed a cooperation
agreement in the tourism sector with his Belarus counterpart Oleg Kachan
and afterwards he had a meeting with Korean Tourism, Sports and Culture
Minister Choe Kwang Shik, with whom he discussed the possibility to
further cooperation between the two countries.amna
Geroulanos on Monday will visit Abu Dhabi in order to participate in
World's Economic Forum held there.
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