Li Xiaolin, the president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries(CPAFFC) met with H.E. Mr.Julian Ventura Valero, the new Mexico ambassador to China and his delegation on August,16, 2013.
President Li Xiaolin welcomed Ambassador Ventura to China to take his new post, and introduced the history of the CPAFFC and the people-to-people diplomatic work between China and Mexico. She said, after President Xi Jinping visited Mexico, the relationship between the two countries came into a new degree in history. As strategic partners, the both sides were expected to further strengthen the communication and cooperation in fields of culture, tourism, art, besides high-level governmental exchange, in order to create more chances for the mutual understanding of the two peoples. At present, the two countries have established 22 pairs of friendship cities; this number were ranked second place in Latin American countries, and still had potential of increase. She also hoped that the two countries would continue promoting the establishment of friendship cities or states/provinces and striven to develop the exchanges and cooperation of local governments to a new highlight of China-Mexico relation.
Ambassador Ventura thanked the CPAFFC for its contribution and efforts to the friendship between Mexico and China. He recalled the exchange visits of the Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto and the Chinese President Xi Jinping and expressed his joy for the prosperously developing Mexico-China relationship. He agreed with President Li’s opinion on deepening the development of Mexico-China friendship, and hoped to keep close contact with the CPAFFC to promote pragmatic cooperations on friendship cities, personnel exchanges, culture and tourism, etc., as well as to consolidate the tradition of friendly cooperation, continually enhance the peoples’ mutual understanding and recognition and broaden the friendship platform for the two peoples.
Ji Yongjun, the deputy-director general of Department of American and Oceania Affairs attended the meeting.
