On July 19, Vice President Song Jingwu met with outgoing Ambassador of the Laos to China Vandy Bouthasavong in Beijing.

On behalf of CPAFFC and President Li Xiaolin, Vice President Song thanked Ambassador Vandy’s support to China-Laos people-to-people friendship work during her tenure. VP Song said that China and the Laos are friendly socialist neighbors connected by mountains and rivers and the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership enjoys continuous development under the strategic guidance of the two countries’ leaders. CPAFFC will deepen the friendly and cooperative relations with the Lao Embassy in Beijing and Laos-China Friendship Association, thus to promote the bilateral people-to-people friendship cause.

Ambassador Vandy thanked VP Song for sparing time on the meeting and sang a high praise to the Laos-China people-to-people friendship work conducted by CAPFFC and China-Laos Friendship Association (CLFA). Ambassador Vandy said that the Laos-China relations enjoy the best time in history and the two sides are now building the common community of shared future. The Lao Embassy to China will continue to support the work of CPAFFC and CLFA and jointly contribute to the development of Laos-China comprehensive strategic cooperative Partnership.

Mr.Salermxay Thathongsak, DCM of the Lao Embassy to China, Mme.Zhu Dan, DDG of East Asian Affairs Department attended the meeting.

Photographed by Wu Jiong