Xi, foreign leaders meet in Shanghai

Editor's Note: President Xi Jinping met on Monday with a number of foreign leaders who are in Shanghai to attend the opening ceremony of the second China International Import Expo. The following are highlights of their talks:

Greece, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

China is pleased to see Greece use the expo as a platform to promote its quality products to Chinese consumers, President Xi Jinping said during a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Xi said China is holding the expo as a major measure to firmly support trade liberalization and economic globalization as well as opening its market to the rest of the world.

The expo will help to promote economic and trade exchanges and cooperation among all counties and boost international trade and global economic growth, he said.

Noting that China and Greece enjoy a traditionally friendly relationship, Xi said China stands ready to work with Greece in maintaining momentum of high-level exchanges, deepening friendship, promoting mutual trust and pushing forward practical cooperation.

The president also underlined that the Piraeus Port project should play a leading and exemplary role in bilateral cooperation and called for more achievements to be made in jointly building the Belt and Road and other areas including energy, transportation and telecommunication.

China welcomes Greece's participation in the China-Central and Eastern European Countries cooperation framework and expects Greece to play an active role, Xi added.

The Greek people are keenly looking forward to Xi's visit to Greece at an early date, Mitsotakis said, adding that his country will continue to open up to China and welcomes Chinese enterprises to invest.

Greece will work with China in upholding multilateralism and will actively participate in China-Central and Eastern European Countries cooperation, he said.