President Li Xiaolin met with Mr. Ahcène BOUKHELFA, Algerian Ambassador to China on August 24.

President Li congratulated Ahcène BOUKHELFA on taking his new office. She said that China and Algeria share profound traditional friendship. They had established the strategic cooperation relationship since 2004. The Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and the Chinese-Arab Friendship Association (CAFA) have been keeping close contact with Algeria-China Friendship Association (ACFA) for several years and have made actively efforts on promoting the friendship of the two peoples. When Chinese President Xi Jinping was visiting Egypt in January 2016, CPAFFC held the awarding ceremony on China-Arab Friendship Outstanding Contribution Award, President Xi met with the winner ACFA President Smail Debeche, and this completely proved that the Chinese side paid high attention to develop the friendly cooperation of the people-to-people between China and Algeria. In the future, the both sides should work together to present the active factors of the bilateral relations to the two peoples, especially the youth.

Ahcène BOUKHELFA said that China is one of the first group countries that have given support to the Algerian liberation cause. CPAFFC plays important and historical roles in developing friendship between China and Algeria. The Embassy of Algeria in China is willing to further collaborate with CPAFFC to promote the cooperation in the sectors of political, economy and trade, culture and academy.

CPAFFC Vice President Lin Yi attended the meeting.