On March 13, 2025, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Constantine Tassoulas on his inauguration as President of the Hellenic Republic.
Xi Jinping pointed out that both China and Greece have a time-honored history and splendid culture. The two countries have maintained a time-honored friendship and are comprehensive strategic partners of mutual understanding and win-win cooperation. In recent years, the two sides have continued to advance the Piraeus Port project, promoted the high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and jointly established the Center of Chinese and Greek Ancient Civilizations and the Chinese School of Classical Studies at Athens, demonstrating the beauty of harmony and the responsibility for the times of the two ancient civilizations.
Xi Jinping emphasized that in today's world where changes unseen in a century are accelerating, countries are closely interdependent and share a common future. Win-win cooperation is the sure path forward to address global challenges. Xi Jinping said that he attaches great importance to the development of China-Greece relations and is ready to work with President Constantine Tassoulas to continue the traditional friendship, strengthen the ties of mutually beneficial cooperation and cultural exchanges, continuously enrich the China-Greece comprehensive strategic partnership, advance the sustained and sound development of China-EU relations, and contribute wisdom and strength to world peace, stability, development and prosperity.