Greece and China on Friday signed a protocol of sports cooperation on training, technology and doping issues, and pledged to share volunteer and Olympic Truce expertise ahead of the Beijing 2008 Games, the Greek culture ministry said in a statement.
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The protocol was signed by Greek Sports Minister George Orfanos and his Chinese counterpart Liu Peng, minister of the General Administration of Sports and president of the Chinese Olympic Committee.
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After a meeting with China's State Councilor Chen Zhili, Greek alternate culture minister Fani Palli-Petralia also announced the creation of a bilateral committee on Olympic cooperation to share Greek experience from the Athens 2004 Games.
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The cooperation is expected to focus on Games organization, volunteer and Olympic Truce issues, Petralia said.?

(Xinhua News Agency May 21, 2005)