Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

On Sept. 29th, CPAFFC Vice President Hu Sishe met with Mr. Atageldi Shamyradov, Vice_Minister of culture of Turkmenistan, who was paying his special trip to China to attend the series events of Turkmenistan Culture Day.

Vice President Hu extended his welcome to Mr. Shamyradov for his visiting to CPAFFC, and congratulated the vice-minister on the success of Turkmenistan Culture Day in Beijing. He deemed this event a beneficial method of promoting the Chinese people’s understanding on the culture and art of Turkmenistan and also an effective measure of drawing the two peoples closer. He also introduced the basic status of that CPAFFC developing its works to Turkmenistan in recent years. He wished Turkmenistan would support CPAFFC to develop cooperation with the correlative departments in Turkmenistan including Ministry of Culture in fields of culture, art, regional collaboration and non-governmental exchanges.

Mr. Shamyradov thanked Vice President Hu for him finding time in his tight schedule for the meeting, and spoke highly of the CPAFFC’s contribution to art and cultural exchanges between China and Turkmenistan. He thought the Turkmenistan Culture Day was conductive to the communion of the two people’s culture, art and friendship. He wished both sides further strengthen the in-depth cooperation in various circles especially in culture.

Song Jingwu, Director-General of Department of European and Asian Affairs of CPAFFC, Rustemova, Ambassador of Turkmenistan to China were present at the meeting.

Jointly organized by the Chinese Ministry of Culture, Turkmenistan Ministry of Culture and Turkmenistan Embassy in China, Turkmenistan Culture Day was held from Sept. 27th to 29th . Under the framework of Turkmenistan Culture Day, the Exhibition of Turkmenistan Decoration and Applied Arts and the round-table meeting for Chinese and Turkmenistan cultural workers were held at the same time. Song Jingwu, Director-General of Department of European and Asian Affairs of CPAFFC attended the opening ceremony held at Tianqiao Theater on 27th.