Greece and China exchange New Year best wishes

CGTN Europe

The Chinese ambassador hosted an excited group of Greek dignitaries in Athens to mark the advent of the Year of the Snake.  #yearofthesnake #athens #chinesenewyear

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00:00I'm very, very happy to celebrate Chinese New Year with the Greeks, friends from all walks of life here tonight.

00:10So, in the Chinese culture, the snake symbolizes wisdom, resilience, and good fortune.

00:21And I also know in Greek mythology, it represents eternity, healing, and also wisdom.

00:32So, I take this opportunity to express my best wishes to all the Greek friends and also the members of the local Chinese community.

00:43Happy New Year of the snake, and wish everyone health, joy, and prosperity.

00:53Despite the geographic distance between the two countries, we have a very long-lasting friendship,

01:01and we have many, many avenues for the two countries to learn from each other.

01:10So, this is something I would like to encourage Greek friends to visit China as much as possible,

01:17because we have two direct flights connecting Athens to our capital city, Beijing, and Shanghai.

01:25And also, I would like to invite many of my Chinese friends to visit Greece to explore the possibility

01:34and to tap the potential of cooperation in many, many areas.

01:39And I'm very confident, you know, with this mutual learning, with the long-standing friendship,

01:45and, yeah, we will have a better, brighter future for our cooperation and the partnership.

01:53Better, look now, Italy, for example. Hungary. We have very advanced relations. We have to do the same.

02:03Of course, we are a European Union, but without China, we cannot always be behind the Americans.

02:10We have to have some initiatives, but not politics. It's relations. It's business.

02:17Like the President of America said, business. Business today.

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