Costas Fotakis, Greece's Deputy Minister for Research and Innovation delivers a speech during the 2nd ASEM Seminar on Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development held in Athens, Greece on Oct. 24, 2016. The first European coordination office of the Asia-Europe Meeting(ASEM) Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation Center (CCSTI) was inaugurated during an Athens forum on Monday as part of international efforts to widen communication in these fields among its member states. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)