Mr. Xie Yuan, vice president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) met with Mr. Luis Monsalve, new Columbian ambassador to China on April, 15.
Vice President Xie Yuan welcomed the Ambassador Luis Monsalve to his new post in China and made an introduction about the tasks of CPAFFC and the recent work. He also hoped that CPAFFC should continue keeping friendly relationship with Columbian Embassy in China to promote the exchanges and cooperation of the two countries in the fields of friendly cities, economic and trade, people-to-people and culture and etc., in order to enhance people’s friendship and improve the bilateral relations.
Ambassador Luis Monsalve thanked Vice President Xie Yuan for taking time to meet them. He said, Columbian Embassy in China always regards CPAFFC as important partner, therefore, Ambassador Luis Monsalve hoped that Columbia should strengthen the local exchanges with China, promote the mutual understanding of the peoples, deepen the pragmatic cooperation of the two countries in the fields of economic and trade as well as culture, and learn from successful experience China had achieved in the governance of China, such as poverty alleviation and other aspects.
Mr. Ji Yongjun, Deputy Director General of Department of American and Oceanian Affairs of CPAFFC, attended the meeting.