Minister of State on structural problems

Haris Pamboukis, Greek Minister of State responsible for the planning of strategic investments policy, told that “the Americans are ascertaining that the Greek government is determined to tackle the structural problems and to turn our country into a pro-investments one.”

Pamboukis, who participated in the 12th Annual Investors Forum of the Capital Link company here, had a series of contacts with economic officials and visited Wall Street where he discussed issues of his competence with officials of the New York Stock Exchange.

Referring to the cooperation memorandum which Greece signed with Qatar, he stressed that “careful steps” are being taken. On prospects of investments being made by wealthy expatriates, Pamboukis said “there is no category of Greek American investors, but of investors,” underlining that they can choose whether they wish to become “benefactors or investors.”

Speaking about the present situation, he said that “Greece will emerge from the crisis, it will forge ahead, when our people believe in their strength and when we realise that in principle we are alone, the problems are ours and to the extent possible we will solve them by ourselves.”