China: COSCO Group and Port of Piraeus Talk Collaboration

On May 16th, Capt. Wei Jiafu, Chairman of COSCO Group met with the state-visiting Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras and his senior delegation in Diaoyutai State Guest House. Both parties thoroughly exchanged views on collaboration between COSCO Group and the Port of Piraeus.

At the meeting, Prime Minister Samaras said that COSCO Group enjoys the best reputation among all foreign companies in Greece, and COSCO Group has made tremendous contribution to the Greek economic developments. In many occasions, he acknowledged the collaboration between COSCO Group and Port of Piraeus as a well-exemplified model of Sino-Greek cooperation that is mutually beneficial and win-win.

The meeting was also attended by Greek government officials including Dimitris L. Avramopoulos, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kostas Hatzidakis, Minister of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport & Networks, KostisMoussouroulis, Minister of Shipping, Maritime Affairs &The Aegean, as well as Wang Xingru, Managing Director of COSCO Pacific, Fu Chengqiu, General Manager of PCT and other senior representatives from COSCO head-office.

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COSCO, May 17, 2013