Football stirs the emotions all over the globe, brings people from contrasting cultures together, and promotes solid virtues such as fairness, team spirit and tolerance.

We are willing to work together with Indonesia to carry forward the Bandung spirit and create a more beautiful future for bilateral relationship under the guidance of new goals.

Our second great responsibility to our children and grandchildren is to honor and to pass along the values that sustain a free society.

Greece and China will host the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008 respectively. Bilateral cooperation in this field will help carry on the Olympic spirit and open a new chapter in bilateral relations.

We hope the torch relay there will be smooth and safe so as to enhance the friendship between the two peoples and carry forward the Olympic spirit.