Valencia, 23/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - In Valencia on Monday, EU Council President José Piqué received before the opening of the ministerial Euro-Mediterranean conference, representatives of business associations and Euro-Mediterranean social partners, including the honorary president of the Union of Industrial and Employers Confederations of Europe (UNICE) and the Mediterranean Union of Business Confederations (UMCE). Mr Piqué received on this occasion, from the hands of the above representatives from the economic and social world, the conclusions of the "Euro-Mediterranean Industrial Summit" of Istanbul. Representatives of the Economic and Social Councils (ESC) and other similar institutions of Euro-Mediterranean countries also met in Valencia.