OUR CHAMBER’S NEWS Teleconference meeting with Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness

Teleconference meeting with Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness

The Secretary General and the Chairman of the Board of the Chamber participating in the teleconference

On May 18 th , upon the initiative taken by H.E. Konstantinos Fragogiannis, Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a teleconference took place between His Excellency and Mr. Harris Geronikolas, the President of the Arab-Hellenic Chamber, along with Mr. Suheil H. Sabbagh, Vice President of our Chamber, Chairman of HASSIB J. SABBAGH FOUNDATION (HSF) & President Group Human Resources of Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), Mr. Abdul Azim Weiss, Vice President of our Chamber, Owner and C.E.O. of WEISS HELLASINTERNA S.A. Mr. Joseph Samaan, Managing Director of TANWEER ALLIANCES S.A., and Dr. Saleh Jallad, Financial Consultant at CCC and Publisher of MEES Middle East Economic Survey for Oil and Gas. Mr. Rashad Mabger, the AHCC Secretary General and Mr. Ilias Savvakis, Treasurer at the AHCC and Senior Manager at Deloitte also participated in this group discussion. During the teleconference, Mr. Fragogiannis outlined the importance of the Commercial Chambers in general and our Chamber in particular, along with other relevant entities, in intensifying the efforts to minimize any economic and trade impact for Greek and Arab businesses in the post-Covid19 world. He also stressed the necessity of working together towards elevating the trade balance between Greece and the Arab world. The Deputy Minister placed an equal emphasis on the maintenance and continuity of the Greek - Arab commercial relations, with particular focus on the virtual roundtable meetings per business sector during this period. Mr. Sabbagh assured His Excellency of the CCC’s and other Arab companies’ commitment to reinforce the Greek-Arab relations, while Mr. Samaan referred to the audio-visual industry and TANWEER’s contribution towards promoting the investments in Greece in this particular sector. Mr. Azim talked about his company’s experience and his success story. On another note, Dr. Jallad, based on his know-how and information in this regard, indicated the need for the establishment of a joint Arab-Hellenic bank.

We would like to seize this opportunity to reiterate that the Chamber will remain always committed to its objective to promote Greek-Arab relations in all directions and business domains.