ATHENS, Oct 2 (Reuters) - China is willing to cooperate with the European Union to confront the financial crisis and work on the supervision of the international financial system, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told a news conference in Athens.
"China is prepared, hand in hand with the EU, as passengers in the same boat, to strengthen cooperation ... to confront the financial crisis," Wen, who was speaking through an interpreter, said on the first day of a visit to Europe.
"I believe that we can undertake a genuine effort to promote the reform of the international financial system and strengthen its supervision," he said.
China's intention to buy Greek bonds is a vote of confidence, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said after Wen said his country wanted to buy new Greek bonds. [ID:nATH005707] (Reporting by Harry Papachristou and George Georgiopoulos; Writing by Ingrid Melander)