Mr. Xie Yuan, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), met in China with Mr. José Luis Falero, President of Uruguay Governors Association and Governor of Departamento de San José, and his delegation on September 29th, 2017.

Vice President Xie Yuan welcomed Governor José Luis Falero to visit CPAFFC and made an introduction about the history and the main function of CPAFFC. He said that the bilateral relations had developed smoothly since the establishment of the diplomatic relations between China and Uruguay. The exchanges of the local governments would further enrich and complete the connotation of the development of the bilateral relations. Vice President Xie Yuan also expressed that CPAFFC would continue promoting the exchanges between Chinese provinces/cities and Uruguay local governments under the assistance of Uruguay Embassy in China in future.

Governor José Luis Falero thanked Vice President Xie Yuan for taking his time to meet them and expressed that China and Uruguay should take the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations of the two countries in next year as an opportunity to further speed up the pace of the exchanges of the local governments. Although the land area in Uruguay is small, the policies on foreign affairs are active and open. It enjoys the reputation for agriculture, animal husbandry and pollution-free food in globe. Departamento de San José would like to develop brotherly friendship with local governments in China and to promote the exchanges and cooperation in various fields.