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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-01-20
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[01] PM tours Great Wall, Forbidden City
[01] PM tours Great Wall, Forbidden City
Beijing (ANA-MPA/A. Panagopoulos) -- Greece's Prime minister Costas
Karamanlis, currently on a three-day official visit to China, on Friday
toured the Great Wall of China, accompanied by his wife Natassa.
Karamanlis was given a tour of the historical monument, and wrote in
the Visitors' Book: It is moving for me to return, after 27 years, to
one of the most impressive monuments built by man".
The Greek premier later met with the president of the COSCO shipping
company and the presidents of two ports, in the context of the Joint
Declaration for establishing a Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation
between the two countries, which he signed in Beijing on Thursday with
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao.
One of the targets of reinforced Greek-Chinese relations is to render
the major Greek ports into transit centres for Chinese products
destined for the Balkans and Europe.
Karamanlis also visited the Forbidden City, before being received by
Chinese President Hu Jintao. He was also scheduled to meet with the
chairman of the Chinese parliamentary committees.
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