ATHENS, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Greece has taken effective steps in tackling its debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday during a two-day visit to Greece, adding that an EU/IMF support package was producing positive result.
Wen, who was speaking through an interpreter, also said that China was willing to help.
"When Greece is in trouble, China is prepared to provide all the help it can," he told a news conference.
Wen said he saw the Greek economy recover in line with the global economy. The EU and the IMF forecast that Greece's GDP will contract by 4 percent of GDP this year.
Wen told the same news conference that Greece was China's best friend in the European Union.
(Reporting by Harry Papachristou and George Georgiopoulos; Writing by Ingrid Melander)