Hacidakis: "Xanthi has both problems and advantages"
Labor and Social Affairs Minister Kostis Hacidakis visited Xanthi on Friday, 3 June.
During his contacts in Xanthi, he visited some factories and the Xanthi “Balkan branch”.
Minister Hacidakis and the accompanying delegation visited Xanthi's constantly developing Sunlight battery factory and the tobacco factory SEKE and met with the factory managers.
Minister Hacidakis visited the Echinos (Şahin) Health Center, which is the only health center in the region in Echinos village of Miki (Mustafçova) Municipality of Xanthi, and met with the administrators. On the same day, the Minister also visited the Pachni (Paşevik) village and had the opportunity to chat with the villagers. The Minister and the accompanying delegation also visited the PLETENO cooperative, which operates in a building affiliated to the Presidency of the State, located at the 8th kilometer of Xanthi-Şahin road and sells handicrafts.
Minister Hacidakis Xanthi completed his contacts with a meeting held at a hotel in the city center in the evening of the same day.
In a statement on his social media account regarding his visit to the “Xanthi Balkan branch”, Minister of Labor Hacidakis stated that he was extremely pleased to be in the “Xanthi Balkan branch” and said that he had the opportunity to chat with people in the Pachni village.
Minister Hacidakis gave the message that Greece is a democratic country that adheres to the principles of equality before the law. He claimed that as a European Union country, Greece approaches all citizens equally and offers equal opportunities.
Visit to SUNLIGHT and SEKE
Within the framework of his contacts in Xanthi the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Kostis Hacidakis visited the Sunlight Battery factory and SEKE tobacco factory. These are two well established factories in Xanthi. Hacidakis and the accompanying delegation met with the managers of both factories and exchanged information about the problems they faced.
Minister Hacidakis completed his Xanthi contacts with a meeting held at the Z-palace hotel on Friday, May 3, and the press conference that followed.
Xanthi New Democracy Provincial Organization President Alexandros Damburacis moderated the meeting.
Xanthi NDP Deputy Spiros Çilingiris and Rhodope NDP Deputy Evripidis Stilianidis, Deputy State President Kurtidis, Xanthi Mayor Çepelis, Avdira Mayor Çitiridis, chamber leaders and party members attended the meeting.
PROBLEMS and ADVANTAGES
Evaluating the Xanthi contacts, Hacidakis said that he determined that Xanthi has quite a few problems, but it also has many advantages. He stated that the production units they visited with the delegation continued to produce despite everything, they developed and they could increase production within the framework of the advantages of the region.
Stating that it is pleasing that the production units in Thrace continue to produce despite the pandemic and the global economic crisis, Hacidakis underlined that these investments were not made by chance, on the contrary, they were made in a planned manner and reached the target.
A MESSAGE TO TURKİYE
Claiming that the success is a product of the opportunities and assistance provided by the government in tax, employment and insurance, Minister Hacidakis did not neglect to send a message to Turkey.
Hacidakis said, “Greece supports peace, cooperation and solidarity with all its neighbors. We are a peaceful European Union country. This of course also applies to our relations with Turkey.
This type of relationship requires two parties.
Turkey needs to understand this well. The attitude of those who rule Turkey primarily harms the people of Turkey.” said.
