Mr. Song Jingwu, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), met with visiting Mme. O.Melynikova, Director General of Russian Cultural Center (RCC) and Cultural Counselor of the Russian Embassy in China on May 21st.
President Song extended welcome to O. Melynikova. He said, Counselor O. Melynikova had paid several official visits to CPAFFC after taking office, which indicates the support she had given in and the attention she had paid to the friendly cause of the peoples between China and Russia. We appreciated for it. O. Melynikova said that RCC actively developed the exchanges of the two countries in the fields of humanity and culture including arts and education in recent years and paid high attention to the pragmatic cooperation of the peoples between the two countries. RCC would like to work together with CPAFFC to develop the exchanges. Both sides also exchanged their views on the topics concerning the cooperation of the local governments, the exchanges of the youth between China and Russia, and the preparations for Mitrovanova’s upcoming visit to China, who is new Director of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation (ROSSOTRUDNICHESTVO).
Mme. Hu Chunmei, Associated Counsel of Department of European and Asian Affairs of CPAFFC, and Secretary General of China and Russia Friendship Association, was present.
Photographed by Zheng Chen