Irish President Michael Higgins on Friday stressed the significance of creativity in economic development and the state’s contribution to the development of business activity, ANA reports.
Addressing an event organised by Enterprise Greece, Ireland’s Embassy in Athens and the Irish Food Board, titled “Greek & Irish Connections”, the visiting Irish President noted that a priority for the state was to create conditions that will allow business creativity to flourish. He added that he has heard with satisfaction that the country was on a growth course and moving towards exiting the adjustment programme, while he underlined that a new chapter in bilateral relations could start now, with stronger business cooperation, particularly in the technology sector.
Greece’s Economy Minister Dimitris Papadimitriou noted that there was significant potential to attract Irish investments in Greece, particularly in real estate, along with bilateral business partnerships in small- and medium-sized enterprises, startups, new technology, shipping, financial services, infrastructure, tourism, health, transport and machinery equipment.
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