China’s Xi arrives in Athens to ‘deepen cooperation’

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 Prokopis 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.