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I'm Marek Belka. I come from Poland. I was Prime Minister of Poland some time ago and recently I spent six years as Governor of the Central Bank of Poland.

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I think that we tend, we economists or policymakers, we tend to underestimate how important it is to show to other people what you are culturally, what you are as regards the values that you share, how beautiful and how interesting your country is.

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If people know each other better, know their cultures and their countries better, they tend to think better, do business with them and avoid and leave away, let's say, animosities.

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So this is an important topic and an important conference.

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Thank you very much. Well, I like Istanbul. It's one of the amazing cities of the world.