Friday, January 30, 2015

China commends Greek respect for COSCO port deals

China on Friday spoke highly of Greece's decision to respect existing deals with China's shipping conglomerate COSCO Group on Piraeus port.

According to reports, Greek Alternate Shipping Minister Theodoros Dritsas said the new government will respect all deals signed with COSCO .

"We think highly of the new government's statement on Piraeus," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying at a daily press briefing on Friday.

Calling the project "a paradigm of mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Greece," Hua said the project is good for economic and trade cooperation.

She also expressed hope that existing bilateral agreements between the two countries will be abided by and implemented.

COSCO has held a 35 year management lease for Piers II and III at Piraeus port since 2008 and began running the container terminals in 2009.

Commercial traffic through the port has increased eight-fold since COSCO's takeover, attracting companies such as ZTE and Hewlett-Packard to use the terminals as logistics centers. 
 Xinhua - china.org.cn
30/1/15
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  1. Le port du Pirée serait-il en train d’échapper à la Chine ?...

    Dans la ligne de son programme politique, le nouveau gouvernement grec veut annuler le plan de privatisation du plus gros port de Grèce, suscitant l’inquiétude des investisseurs chinois, qui sont déjà là.

    Les sociétés chinoises seront-elles chassées du Pirée? C'est en tous les cas ce que laisse entendre le nouveau gouvernement grec. A peine entré en fonction, le premier ministre Alexis Tsipras a voulu revoir les conditions de l'accord passé l'année dernière sous le premier ministre conservateur sortant Antonis Samaras sur la privatisation du port. En vertu de cet accord, l'armateur COSCO Group, ainsi que 4 autres entreprises chinoises étaient choisies pour acquérir 67% des parts que l'Etat grec possède dans la société du port du Pirée (OLP).

    Conformément au programme de Tsipras, l'Etat doit rester propriétaire de l'OLP, car le port du Pyrée « est stratégique pour rebâtir l'appareil productif du pays ». Le nouveau vice-ministre de la Marine marchande Theodore Dristas a souhaité en outre réexaminer les conditions, sous lesquelles COSCO gère depuis 2009 les deux terminaux du port. Cela concerne notamment le chantier d'extension du terminal III du port, dans lequel COSCO a investi 230 millions d'euros.

    Outre le Pirée, le gouvernement grec envisage aussi de renationaliser le port de Thessalonique, dans le Nord du pays.

    Patriotisme grec et stratégie chinoise

    Le port du Pirée, le plus gros de Grèce, est également l'un des principaux transporteurs de conteneurs en Méditerranée. Situé sur la route maritime Asie-Europe, non loin du canal de Suez, il a ouvert aux transporteurs chinois une nouvelle porte d'entrée en Europe....................Lire la suite: http://fr.sputniknews.com/points_de_vue/20150203/1014301919.html#ixzz3QhGJoBAQ
    3/2/15

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  2. China on Friday urged Sri Lanka to maintain the legitimate interests of Chinese enterprises after the new Sri Lankan government suspended a China-funded port project in Colombo...

    "We have been informed by the Sri Lankan government of the decision, which stressed the project was 'suspended', not 'cancelled'," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying.

    The Sri Lankan government announced on Thursday that it had suspended the 1.5-billion-U.S.-dollar Chinese project in Colombo based on a reevaluation of the deal. Stakeholders were reportedly concerned over the project's environmental standards and a lack of transparency in the deal.

    China will closely follow the development of the situation, Hua said, urging Sri Lanka to "properly resolve the issue in a way that helps Sri Lanka's development and maintains the confidence of Chinese firms investing in Sri Lanka".

    "The Sri Lankan side promised to keep in contact and consultation with China regarding following arrangements," Hua told a regular press briefing.................http://www.china.org.cn/world/2015-03/06/content_34979002.htm
    6/3/15

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