Mr. Geng Zhiyuan, Executive Vice President of China-Myanmar Friendship Association, hosted luncheon for visiting Myanmar President U Thein Sein and his delegates at Diaoyutai Guest House on 28 June 2014.

Mr. Geng conveyed to President U Thein Sein greetings from Madame Li Xiaolin (President of CPAFFC) and Mr. Feng Zuoku (Vice President of CPAFFC and President of China-Myanmar Friendship Association). Mr. Geng said that China-Myanmar friendship has endured test of time and become stronger and that both countries are currently undergoing rapid changes. China-Myanmar Friendship Association and Myanmar-China Friendship Association, approved by President U Thein Sein, have jointly made contributions to people-to-people exchanges between China and Myanmar.

President U Thein Sein highly appreciates what China-Myanmar Friendship Association has done for bilateral relations. He said that Myanmar and China are connected by rivers and mountains. The two peoples share long history of friendship.  He expressed hope that the friendship associations in Myanmar and China make further concerted efforts in carrying forward and developing traditional friendship between people of Myanmar and China.