On Aug. 26th, CPAFFC Vice President Xie Yuan met with Mr. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, Indonesian Vice Minister of Defense and his group in Beijing.

Vice President Xie Yuan greeted and welcomed Mr. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin to visit China. He briefed the Vice Minister of defense about the main status and history of the CPAFFC. He said, the friendly relation of peace between China and Indonesia has lasted for a long time. Especially in recent years, the economic cooperation has been brought into closer while the people’s contact has been constantly enriched. He thanked Mr. Sjamsoeddin for his long-term support to the CPAFFC, and his great efforts on promoting the establishment of China-Indonesia cooperated synthesis industries park covering steeling, shipbuilding, household electronic appliance.

Mr. Sjamsoeddin thanked Vice President Xie Yuan and the CPAFFC for the invitation. He introduced the status of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense. He said, many friendly contacts between China and Indonesia are based on the cooperation of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense and the Chinese Government. He expressed Indonesia would like to develop more extensive cooperation in fields of environmental protection and resource exploration. He also mentioned he would visit Qingdao this time, and expected the CPAFFC would facilitate coastal cities in Indonesia to establish friendship-city relation with Qingdao.

Afterwards, Vice President Xie Yuan fully recognized the contribution that Mr. Sjamsoeddin has done to China-Indonesia people-to-people friendly relation, and conferred him China-Indonesia Friendship Contribution Award. Mr. Sjamsoeddin was pleasantly surprised with being awarded and appreciated CPAFFC’s recognition encouragement on his work.

Mr. Sun Xueqing, Deputy Dirctor-General of Department of Asian and African Affairs, Mr. He Chenguang, Vice President of China-Brazil Friendship Association attended the meeting.