Swiss Ambassador: we have to get a hat on Greek people
Swiss Ambassador: we have to get a hat on Greek people
Hans Rudolf Chontel, Ambassador of Switzerland in Athens since 2015, characterizes the Greeks as a friendly and helpful people and towards refugees in an interview on public Swiss website swissinfo.ch.
Says, Switzerland is already helping and examine how it can further assist Greece in refugee. also considers that a solution can be found to the issue of the Greek "black" money which is in Swiss banks.
The Swiss ambassador he says: "We need to get the hat to the Greek people, because they are extremely helpful and welcoming. Many people who do not have the same lot, trying to help the refugees and not see them primarily as a problem, but as people who need help, as guests. "
His country, points out, first indirectly participates financially in dealing with the refugee through international organizations and owned, as often happens, in the countries with the largest contributions, but also in various other ways directly and practically.
"Switzerland supports Greece in addressing the refugee crisis, which is a huge challenge for the Greek authorities. I said recently to the Greek Yannis immigration minister Mouzala, that Switzerland will support Greece in that the Greeks consider most appropriate, "the ambassador added, according to the Athens Press Agency.
For the controversial issue of the Greek "black" money is deposited in the country's banks by the Swiss ambassador recalled the agreement that has been made by Greece and the agreement with the European Union, but which will apply from 2017 and the which will cover the entire EU, ie Greece. Underlines that would facilitate the exchange of relevant information if the Greek parliament voted a voluntary declaration program by depositors (voluntary disclosure program), because as he says, "it would help, if needed, the Greeks customers of our banks to find with the Greek authorities. "
For support to be provided by Germany to Greece to identify Greek "black" money in Switzerland and using data from stolen CD, the Swiss ambassador replied that tabled for adoption in the Swiss parliament amend the relevant law and "after location into force of the legal basis for the automatic exchange of information partners of Switzerland will have little interest in stolen data, they will automatically have at their disposal the data banks. "
When asked about the amount of tax-free deposits Greeks, allegedly found in Swiss banks, the ambassador replied that "there are no official statistics on undeclared funds in Switzerland .... And those that do not know is how many of them are not taxed. The amount of tax-free savings but should be much less than that indicated by some Greek media. The voluntary disclosure of assets, that a tax amnesty, as well as the automatic exchange of information will certainly bring closer a solution, "the Swiss ambassador ends.
Hans Rudolf Chontel, Ambassador of Switzerland in Athens since 2015, characterizes the Greeks as a friendly and helpful people and towards refugees in an interview on public Swiss website swissinfo.ch.
Says, Switzerland is already helping and examine how it can further assist Greece in refugee. also considers that a solution can be found to the issue of the Greek "black" money which is in Swiss banks.
The Swiss ambassador he says: "We need to get the hat to the Greek people, because they are extremely helpful and welcoming. Many people who do not have the same lot, trying to help the refugees and not see them primarily as a problem, but as people who need help, as guests. "
His country, points out, first indirectly participates financially in dealing with the refugee through international organizations and owned, as often happens, in the countries with the largest contributions, but also in various other ways directly and practically.
"Switzerland supports Greece in addressing the refugee crisis, which is a huge challenge for the Greek authorities. I said recently to the Greek Yannis immigration minister Mouzala, that Switzerland will support Greece in that the Greeks consider most appropriate, "the ambassador added, according to the Athens Press Agency.
For the controversial issue of the Greek "black" money is deposited in the country's banks by the Swiss ambassador recalled the agreement that has been made by Greece and the agreement with the European Union, but which will apply from 2017 and the which will cover the entire EU, ie Greece. Underlines that would facilitate the exchange of relevant information if the Greek parliament voted a voluntary declaration program by depositors (voluntary disclosure program), because as he says, "it would help, if needed, the Greeks customers of our banks to find with the Greek authorities. "
For support to be provided by Germany to Greece to identify Greek "black" money in Switzerland and using data from stolen CD, the Swiss ambassador replied that tabled for adoption in the Swiss parliament amend the relevant law and "after location into force of the legal basis for the automatic exchange of information partners of Switzerland will have little interest in stolen data, they will automatically have at their disposal the data banks. "
When asked about the amount of tax-free deposits Greeks, allegedly found in Swiss banks, the ambassador replied that "there are no official statistics on undeclared funds in Switzerland .... And those that do not know is how many of them are not taxed. The amount of tax-free savings but should be much less than that indicated by some Greek media. The voluntary disclosure of assets, that a tax amnesty, as well as the automatic exchange of information will certainly bring closer a solution, "the Swiss ambassador ends.
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