Greek President Costis Stephanopoulos Tuesday held talks with visiting Chinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing on strengthening relations between the two countries.
During the talks, Li said that China and Greece are discussing the possibility of creating a mixed committee on bilateral cultural exchange and development in addition to the existing mixed committees on economy and trade and on science and technology, which will contribute to developing new areas for bilateral cooperation.
Speaking on the same occasion, Stephanopoulos said that it is a good idea to create the mixed committee, which will help promote bilateral relations.
Li said that China and Greece share a view on multi-polarity of the world, describing uni-polarity as "very dangerous."
The Chinese vice-premier said that the diversification of world cultures is also important, adding that people should mutually understand and respect different cultures and civilizations.
Li said the development of world economy should be balanced. The interests of developing countries should be ensured in the process of economic globalization.
Stephanopoulos said that his country would like to see a multi-polar world and expressed the hope that the process of economic globalization would benefit the development of all the countries in the world.
Greece is Vice-Premier Li's first leg of his three-nation tour, which will also take him to Italy and Singapore.
(People's Daily May 23, 2002)
