Mme. Li Xiaolin, President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), met with the Mr. Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Foreign Minister of Uruguay, on August 20, 2018.

President Li extended warm welcome to Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa for his visiting to CPAFFC and introduced the work CPAFFC had made about promoting the exchanges of the local governments and the friendship of the people among various countries. In recent years, CPAFFC developed frequent exchanges with Uruguay, and many governors and mayors of Uruguay also visited CPAFFC, which resulted in fruitful achievements in the fields of local governments and friendship-cities. President Li hoped Uruguay to dispatch delegations to take part in the Second China-Latin America Local Governments Cooperation Forum and 2018 China International City Cooperation Center to be held in November this year in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa thanked President Li Xiaolin for her warm reception. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Uruguay and China. China has become the largest trading partner in Uruguay, and both sides increasingly deepen the cooperation in the fields of the economy, trade and culture. Due to the exchanges of the local governments play an important role in the development of the bilateral relations, CPAFFC has done a lot of work in this field, which is of important significance. Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa hoped to strengthen the cooperation with Chinese side so as to enhance the exchanges of local governments with friendship-cites as carrier.
Mr. Fernando Lugris, Uruguayan Ambassador to China, attended the meeting.

Photographed by Mou Liyi