China bought Greek sovereign bonds worth of €6bn at the beginning of crisis

Former Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou and leader of the Democratic Socialists Movement (KIDISO) referred to the role of China at the beginning of the crisis in an interview he granted to leading Greek journalist Nikos Chatzinikolaou. The interview was played out on Star Channel and enikos.gr. Although it was already known that Beijing had aquired a portion of the Greek soverign debt, Mr Papandreou revealed the specific amount which equals with € 6 billion. Former Greek Prime Minister did also recently meet with the Ambassador of China to Greece Zou Xiaoli as it happened with other political leaders including Alexis Tsipras.