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Gillard meets Papandreou at EU Summit

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has invited Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to visit Australia, in a meeting at Brussels for the ASEM Summit yesterday.
Ms Gillard told journalists in Brussels that the Greek PM was receptive to the offer. “I certainly issued a very warm invitation to him to come and visit Australia. He would very much like to do that,” she said.
“Coming as I do from Melbourne – very strong Greek community in Melbourne and in Australia that I’m sure would welcome a visit.
I think he would get a very, very enthusiastic reception if he was able to visit,” she said.
Trade between Greece and Australia stands at around half a billion dollars annually and is an area which both leaders want to extend. Given the recent investment by China in Greece of over 5 billion euros and the purchace of Greek goverment bonds by China, Mr Papandreou will be seeking Australian expertise in dealing with China.
He also said that the Greek government is currently utlising Australian experts from a range of fields in their efforts to restucture the Greek economy.
President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, told journalists in Brussels that Prime Minister Gillard made proposals to further develop the European Union-Australia relationship, an initiative he is welcoming.
“As partners in the G20, we have discussed financial and economic governance and also the need to cooperate in multilateral fora,” Mr Barroso said. Mr Barroso said he and Ms Gillard also briefly discussed climate change, and agreed on a common interest in strengthening their prospective countries’ abilities to deal with these challenges.
(source: neos kosmos)

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