An agreement to establish a Confucius Institute within the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUT) was signed on Thursday between AUT Rector Pericles Mitkas and Director General of Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters Ma Jianfei in China, ANA reports.
Confucius Institutes are non-profit educational organisations operating under the China Ministry of Education; their goal is to promote Chinese language and culture across their world.
Mitkas talked about the importance of the initiative and stressed the symbolic coexistence of two great philosophers, Confucius and Aristotle.
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