Education minister attends opening of new Arsakeio school in Tirana

TIRANA (ANA-MPA - I. Patso)

Greek Education Minister Evripidis Stylianidis on Friday attended the inauguration of new school grounds belonging to the private Greek-Albanian school operated by the Greek Arsakeio chain of schools in Tirana - the first of the chain founded outside of Greece. Also attending were the Albanian Education Minister Genc Pollo, ruling New Democracy party's Central Committee Secretary Lefteris Zagoritis, former Albanian prime minister Fatos Nano, a number of former Albanian foreign ministers and Greek ambassadors to Tirana, as well as the former rector of Athens University and current president of the Greek Foundation of Culture George Babiniotis. In speeches at the opening of the new school, the two ministers said it would act as a bridge of friendship between Greece and Albania. Earlier, Stylianidis and Pollo had a brief meeting at the Albanian education ministry and expressed their satisfaction at the good level of bilateral ties in the education sector. According to the Greek minister, this cooperation would continue and would be built up "into a model of international cooperation that would be an example for other Balkan states".