Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

On July 8, Vice President Xie Yuan Meets with Mr. Igal Amedi, Chairman of the Israeli Council of Culture and Art. Ms. Efrat Perri, Press Officer of the Israeli Embassy in China and Ms. Han Xue, representative of Department of Culture & Academic Affairs of the Israeli Embassy in China attended the meeting. Mr. Ji Wei and Ms. Jia Ling, who are Deputy Director-Generals of the Cultural Exchange Department of CPAFFC were also present at the meeting.
Vice President Xie Yuan briefly introduced the work of CPAFFC and emphasized recent cultural exchanges and cooperation between CPAFFC and Israel. He mentioned that great similarity exits between CPAFFC and the Israeli Council of Culture and Arts since both have the function of promoting cultural exchanges and cooperation with foreign countries. In the near future, we can facilitate our cooperation in cultural exchanges by signing a MOU as soon as possible.
Mr. Amedi extended his thanks to the meetings with President Li Xiaolin and Vice President Xie Yuan. He expounded functions of the Israeli Council of Culture and Art and noted that China is one of the important partners to Israel. Cultural exchanges and cooperation can further deepen friendship between the 2 peoples as well as the two countries.

Before the visit, Mr. Amedi visited the exhibition on the history of CPAFFC for better understanding of CPAFFC’s history and the achievements of People-to-People Diplomacy.

Photographed by Sun Yajing