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Greek President Costis Stephanopoulos on Tuesday met with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, and both sides hailed the good relations between the two countries and expressed their shared will to strengthen cooperation in international affairs.
Economic cooperation between China and Greece has great potential and China is willing to further boost cooperation with Greece, Li said during the meeting with Stephanopoulos at the presidential palace in Athens.
China attaches great importance to its friendly relations with Greece and hopes to further promote and deepen the existing good ties between the two sides, Li said.
Li arrived here on Monday for a meeting with the EU "Troika" foreign ministers.
Stephanopoulos expressed his admiration for the Chinese people for their achievements in the fight against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Stephanopoulos said the cooperation between the two countries in hosting the Olympics will promote the comprehensive development of Greek-Chinese relations.
Greece would like to see China continue to play an important role in international affairs, Stephanopoulos added.
(Xinhua News Agency July 2, 2003)
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