Xie Yuan, vice president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries(CPAFFC) met with Allan Flores,Tourism Minister of Costa Rica and his delegation on August,1.

Vice president Xie Yuan expressed sincere welcome to Minister Allan Flores and his delegation and introduced to them the fourth nongovernmental and friendly forum between China and Latin America and Caribbean, which will be held in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. Xie also said that although the two countries were far away from each other, the friendship between the two countries had a long history, and the Chinese people always had a friendly feeling for Costa Rican people. He also introduced the communication and exchanges of friendship cities between the two countries to them and expected that the two sides would further achieve the pragmatic cooperation on the friendship cities, so as to drive the bilateral development of tourism.

Minister Allan Flores thanked the CPAFFC for making contribution and efforts for the friendship between Costa Rica and China. He said that the bilateral development of tourism not only promoted the economy development, but also built the friendship platform for the people of two countries. He hoped that the nongovernmental and friendly forum between China and Latin America in September would provide us with a new opportunity to strengthen pragmatic cooperation and promote the further development between Costa Rica and China.

H.E.Mr.Marco Vinicio Ruiz, the ambassador to China and Ana Cristina Jenkins, vice minister of the Ministry of transportation attended the meeting.