"Prime Minister's (Alexis Tsipras) visit to Beijing confirmed the strategic character of our cooperation with China and in parallel that today we have the best bilateral relations than ever" noted Foreign Minister George Katrougalos in his statements to Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Friday from Beijing.
Katrougalos that is accompanying Tsipras in his visit to China on the occasion of the 2nd Belt and Road Initiative Forum, all the latter were confirmed on a symbolic way, as Tsipras was the first speaker from Europe that addressed the forum, but also practically as "after a long time and with after systematic negotiations was given the permission for the import of Crocus to China which was one of our top requests in the past".
Moreover, according to Katrougalos the import of a series of fruit from Greece to China that were on the focus of the negotiation in the last period is going to proceed.
"All these positive developments are the result of the climate the formed the visit but also of the fact that our relations with China are improving in the last four years", he added.
Referring to the new three-year cooperation framework that was signed on Friday by Katrougalos and the deputy director of NDRC Zhang Yong in the presence of the two countries' prime ministers, Katrougalos said to ANA that it includes specific sectors on which we will continue to activate as the financial sector.
"It seems we are in a good course for the arrival of a Chinese bank in Greece" said Katrougalos underlining the possibilities for the development of the bilateral cooperation in the sector of tourism "We are far behind in terms of the major dynamic of the Chinese market in the sector of investments, especially in new technologies but also in the agriculture".