On August 31, Mme. Lin Yi, the CPAFFC Vice President, met with H.E. Mr. Puso Gaborone, the Chairman of the Botswana China Friendship Association (BOCFA) and the Chairman of House of Chiefs of Botswana.

Lin Yi briefed Gaborone on the CPAFFC’s cooperation projects on China-Africa friendship in recent years. She said that the CPAFFC will continue to work with friendship-with-China organizations in Africa, with the BOCFA included, to promote China-Africa people-to-people friendship in culture, charity, vocational training and other areas.

Gaborone spoke highly of the CPAFFC’s important role in strengthening China-Africa friendly relations and said that he will lead the BOCFA to stay in close contact with the CPAFFC, to jointly contribute to deepening China-Africa people-to-people mutual understanding and friendship, as well as promoting China-Africa friendly and pragmatic cooperation.

The two sides also exchanged views on the forthcoming Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and discussed cooperation projects between the two friendship associations in the future.

Photographed by Liu Hongmin