OREANDA-NEWS. September 13, 2010. The ceremony was opened by Mr.A. Kondakov, BSTDB President and Ms. E. Bacopoulou, BSEC BC Secretary General.
 
H.E. S. Kouvelis, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic and the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) welcomed the participation of the BSTDB and BSEC BC in the Fair and expressed support of the Greek Government for regional cooperation and to the activities of the two organizations, especially those promoting the green technologies, energy efficiency and environmentally friendly projects, which are the priorities for the Greek Chairmanship in BSEC.
Mr. V. Arkhipov, Chairman of the Russian National Committee for BSEC stressed the importance of the business dimension of the regional cooperation and expressed appreciation of the support that it receives from the Greek government.

Mr. A. Kondakov said that the BSTDB contributes to the efforts of the Greek government to accelerate the regional cooperation with an emphasis on the environmentally friendly and energy efficient projects  and the Bank  is getting increasingly engaged in relevant investment projects in the region. The Bank also pays special attention to the support for Greek economy during this time of uncertainty and challenge.

Mr. G. Kottas, BSTDB Secretary General stressed the importance of the support that the Bank receives from the Greek authorities in fulfilling its mandate.