adminimpasse between Zimbabwe and the European Union during his tour of duty.
Ambassador Salamanis said this soon after paying a courtesy call on Acting President Joice Mujuru at her Munhumutapa Offices. Responding to journalists on his stance on the illegal sanctions, Ambassador Salamanis said: “I hope to be a solution to that during my stay but as you know it is a matter that concerns the whole European Union.”
Greece is among some of the progressive EU nations that are said to be against the illegal sanctions according to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. The others include Spain, Italy, Portugal and Germany.
Ambassador Salamanis said he also discussed a number of bilateral relations issues with Cde Mujuru.
“We had very friendly negotiations. We discussed bilateral relations among those issues about the Greek community in Zimbabwe,” he said.
He described Zimbabwe as a lovely country with abundant resources.
The Greek Ambassador has been in the country since February and was in Australia before his recent posting.
Netherlands Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Barbara Joziasse also paid a courtesy call on Cde Mujuru yesterday.
The Dutch envoy has been in the country since November last year. Ambassador Joziasse said her country supported Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle.
“We talked about equity and growth that would benefit the people of Zimbabwe. The Dutch supported the liberation struggle so that there would be equitable growth and access to food, water and wealth,” she said.
She commended Zimbabwe’s education sector, which is the best in Africa and said the country should attain growth using its human and natural resources.
“You have a very beautiful country, but the most beautiful aspect is the people, they are very educated, you have everything from gold, diamond but the most important thing is the human capital,” she said.
Before her posting to Zimbabwe, Ambassador Joziasse served in Egypt and Syria.
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