At the invitation of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), Macedonia-China Friendship Association (MCFA) delegation visited China. CPAFFC Vice President Hu Sishe met with and hosted a dinner for them in CPAFFC on June 8.

Vice President Hu extended his warm welcome to the delegation. He said that President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative will bring a good opportunity to China and Macedonia in the fields of the economy and trade pragmatic cooperation and the humanity and culture exchanges. He hoped that the two countries’ associations should strengthen the exchanges in the future and play a positive role in promoting the cooperation between the two countries in various fields.

Chairman Ljupco Malenkov expressed that supported by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MCFA held many large-scale activities and got a good results. Since there are poets, musicians and painters in the delegation, it will jointly hold the exhibition of paintings with the Art Exchanges Institute of CPAFFC in Beijing. The paintings will be auctioned after the exhibition and the proceeds will be donated to Chinese children in poor area. He said he would like to keep positive contact with CPAFFC, promote mutual understanding and expand the cooperation.

Mr. Lv Hongwei, Deputy Director-General of the Department of European and Asian Affairs of CPAFFC, held talk with the delegation before the meeting.