
Mr.Xie Yuan welcomed Mr. Amilkar Acosta, Mr. Sigifredo Salazar, governor of Risaralda, Mr. Nebio de Jesus Echeverry, governor of Guaviare, and other delegates of the group. He briefly introduced CPAFFC and reviewed the friendly exchanges between people from China and Latin America, including Colombia. Mr. Ji Yongjun, Deputy Director General of Department of American and Oceania Affairs addressed the work on friendly cities between China and Latin America.
H.E. Mr. Oscar Rueda García, the newly-arrived Colombian Ambassador to China and Mr. Acosta appreciated Mr. Xie Yuan to take his time to meet the delegation and spoke highly of the efforts on exchanges between friendly cities carried by CPAFFC. Moreover, they also expressed their willingness to establish more intimate contacts with CPAFFC, in order to extend our cooperation to the areas of local governments, sports and culture, and develop the friendship between the two peoples.