On Mar.16th, Vice President Song Jingwu met with Ivan Kuznetsov, First Deputy Mayor of Kazan of Russian Federation at CPAFFC.

Kuznetsov conveyed the cordial greetings of Mr. IIsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan and Co-President of UCLG, to President Li Xiaolin and Vice President Song Jingwu. He said that Kazan has been conducting frequent exchanges of visits and close cooperation with cities in China such as Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen in recent years and would like to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in ASPAC, EURASIA and global local governments with CPAFFC under the framework of UCLG.

Song said that Mayor Metshin has served as Co-President of UCLG for two terms and played a positive role in promoting the development of this organization. CPAFFC attaches great importance to the cooperation of Chinese and Russian local governments. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation Between China and Russia. We will hold a grand commemorative event this year and we would like to seize the opportunity to promote the cooperation between Chinese and Russian local governments, especially the cooperation under the framework of UCLG.

General Secretary of EUROASIA of UCLG Rasikh Sagitov and Deputy Director General of European and Asian Department Zhang Ruoning was present at the meeting.