Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Athens to ‘deepen cooperation’ on education, shipping and energy
- Xi is expected to meet Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Chinese President Xi Jinping touched down in Athens on Sunday, for a three-day visit looking at “a deeper cooperation with Greece in all sectors”.
Xi is expected to meet President Prokopios Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and the two countries are due to sign cooperation documents on education, shipping and energy.
“It is our duty to steadily upgrade our cooperation in all sectors, by delving deeply into existing fields and expanding the range of investments”, the Chinese president said in an article published in Kathimerini newspaper on Sunday.
“Relations with Greece are a priority for China,” Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias told Thema radio on Thursday.
“They came and invested in Greece when others stayed away” during the crisis, Dendias said.
Xi’s visit comes on the heels of a four-day trip to Shanghai by Mitsotakis earlier this week, when he led a delegation representing more than 60 businesses.