The new United States Consul in Thessaloniki, Gregory Pfleger, on Wednesday said he had great expectations from this year's US participation in the 83rd Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), where it will be the honoured country.

Twenty countries will send state delegations to the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) in addition to the 1,500 and more companies represented at the annual event, CEO of the organizer TIF-Helexpo Kyriakos Pozrikidis said in Thessaloniki on Tuesday.