Craig Kelly (Hughes, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On Sunday, I was honoured to welcome a Macedonian trade delegation as part of their visit to promote bilateral trade between Australia and the Republic of Macedonia. It is great to see the delegation reaching out to Australian businesses and setting up joint ventures, especially in the manufacturing sector; and that they received a civic reception at Liverpool City Council hosted by Councillor Peter Ristevski. The trade delegation is being led by Prelip mayor, Marjan Risteski. Prelip is the ancestral home to most of the migrants from Macedonia who have made Liverpool, in Sydney, their home.

The delegation is made up of: Risto Najdoski, president of the Prilep chamber of commerce; Alberto Georgievski, CEO of Imperial Marble, which exports the extremely rare commodity of white marble; Valentin Ristevski, from Vitaminka, which already distributes its food products in both Coles and Woolworths; Zvonko Georgievski, a CEO of the Macedonian meat industry who is looking to source meat from Australian farmers; and Sasko Samardzioski, CEO of a Prelip beer company looking to establish a local distribution firm. Special thanks go to my very good friend the Macedonian ambassador Vele Trpeski for organising the delegation's visit to Australia.