Bilateral ties with China reaffirmed

Highlighting the strong bilateral ties between the two countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed the hope that "Greece will continue to play a creative role" in developing Sino-European relations, after meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Beijing on Friday.

According to the Xinhua news agency, Xi said that "the healthy development of China-EU relations cannot be achieved without independence, mutual respect and mutually beneficial cooperation."

Greek government sources said Mitsotakis echoed the same sentiments, reiterating Greece's firm position on the need for open channels of communication between the EU and China while underscoring that it is of mutual interest for this relationship to be constructive and stable. The same sources noted that Mitsotakis underlined that Greece can serve as a bridge in this relationship, voicing his strong...