Greece is this year’s partner country of Anuga, which is opening its doors to trade visitors at the Cologne fair grounds again until 14 October.
“It is in all of our interests that the economic potential of Greece finds its way back on track to a better future,” said the German Minister of Agriculture, Christian Schmidt, on Saturday in his opening speech at the world food trade fair Anuga 2015 in Cologne. To this end, Schmidt announced bilateral discussions with his Greek counterpart Evangelos Apostolou that are also due to take place during the trade fair. For his part, Greek’s Minister of Agriculture, Evangelos Apostolou, underlined the great importance the agriculture and food sector continues to have for his country in addition to the tourist industry.
In his speech at the opening ceremony of Anuga 2015, Apostolou called for foreign investments in this area. The Greek Minister stressed that the Government in Athens wants to support the food sector with subsidies of six billion Euros in total up until the year 2020.
“Greek has been among the ten largest exhibiting nations at Anuga for many years,” underlined Cologne’s Mayor Jürgen Roters in his capacity as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Koelnmesse. “This is good for your country,” said Roters turning to address the Greek Minister for Agricultural Development and Food directly.