On March 29, 2021, Chinese Defense Minister Wei Feng visited Greece to meet with President Sacralopoulou, and the Communist Party’s official media trumpeted the Greek President’s willingness to cooperate with the Communist Party’s political projects “One Belt, One Road” and “17+1”.
While the European Union has launched sanctions against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over human rights in Xinjiang, the CCP official media unilaterally released a high-profile message, claiming that the Greek President has expressed his active participation in the “Belt and Road” project and “17+1” cooperation; and hoped that the EU would maintain close communication with the CCP to jointly promote The European Union and the Chinese Communist Party will maintain close communication and work together to promote sustainable development in the world. Critics have criticized Greece, Hungary and other countries cooperating with Beijing as “EU loopholes”. But it is puzzling that the Greek media did not mention the “Belt and Road” and economic and trade cooperation mechanisms in the meeting between Greece and China. (By Wu Yitong/Cheng Wen)
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou met with visiting Chinese State Councillor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe in Athens on Monday (29), the Chinese Defense Ministry announced Tuesday (30).
Sakellaropoulou was later quoted by the Chinese Communist Party’s official media as saying that Greece and mainland China are both “ancient civilizations” and that she hopes that the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries will continue to develop. He also expressed his willingness to actively participate in the “Belt and Road” and “17+1” cooperation.
French commentator Wang Longmeng said that in recent years, some European countries in economic difficulties, including Hungary, Greece and Italy, signed cooperation agreements with the Communist Party of China’s “Belt and Road” and huawei, making a huge hole in the overall security defense of EU countries.
Wang Longmeng said: Greece is a bankrupt country in Europe, and the Chinese Communist Party has been taking advantage of this weakness to draw Greece in recent years, including the signing of the “Belt and Road” cooperation agreement and the “16+1”, resulting in the Chinese Communist Party holding two strategic ports in Greece, which This is a huge threat to the security of the whole EU. While the EU is imposing sanctions on the Chinese Communist Party, Greece is undoubtedly receiving public relations from the Chinese Communist Party, and the Greek president’s statement is an anachronism and a step backward to the increasingly strong EU policy toward China.
Last Monday (22nd), before the EU foreign ministers’ meeting formally adopted the sanctions order against the CCP, the Eastern European country Hungary also voted against it. Wang Longmeng believes that the EU emphasizes overall interests, but countries like Greece and Hungary are like “holes in the fence”.
In November 2019, Xi Jinping visited Greece and, accompanied by Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis, visited the Chinese-controlled Piraeus port in Greece.
“World Vision spokesman Dirichati called on Greece not to ignore the Chinese Communist Party’s genocide of the Uighur people because of its business with Beijing.
As a member of the European Union, we hope that the Greek government will not abandon its original values because of some trade with the Chinese Communist Party; we hope that the Greek government will also realize that acquiescence and avoidance are disguised support for the Chinese Communist Party’s genocide against the Uighur people. persecution.
David Missal, a German scholar, argues that the Chinese Communist Party’s official media propaganda is not credible. The European Union’s policy toward China is shifting, and the Greek state’s statement is more influential than that of the EU’s leading German government, Angela Merkel.
Mudaoui said: The meeting between the Greek president and the Chinese side does not necessarily mean there will be any results, and such reports by China Daily are propaganda. Compared with the past, the EU’s policy toward China is expected to be a bit tougher, and some Eastern European countries have also changed their thinking to a certain extent.
The German government has recently shown that it has begun to abandon its “economic but not human rights” policy toward China, and Merkel has made it clear that she has long positioned the Chinese Communist Party as an institutional opponent.
According to Xinhua, during his visit to Greece, Wei Fenghe briefed President Sacralopoulou on the Communist Party’s two sessions, the response to the new Epidemic and issues related to Xinjiang. He said the “Belt and Road” between the two countries has been effective, and the CPC will work with Central and Eastern European countries to promote cooperation in various fields; Wei also said the CPC military is willing to work with other countries to build international security patterns, including strengthening strategic communication with the Greek military and raising relations between the two militaries to a higher level.
According to our reporter’s observation, the propaganda of “One Belt, One Road” this Time is only the official message of the Chinese side’s wishful thinking, and the Athens News Agency and other Greek media reports on this meeting between Greece and China do not mention the Greek president’s statement of willingness to cooperate with the “One Belt, One Road” and “16+1” cooperation. “16+1” cooperation.
Greece and the Communist Party of China (CPC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Belt and Road Cooperation in August 2018, making Greece one of the first countries in the EU to sign such an agreement with the CPC.
The “16+1” economic and trade cooperation mechanism was established in April 2012 between the Communist Party of China and Central and Eastern European countries, and Greece joined in 2019, expanding the cooperation mechanism to “17+1”; however, Lithuania just announced its withdrawal this month, bringing the cooperation mechanism back to its original point of “16+1”.
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