On August 12, President Li Xiaolin met with Mr. Ahad Mohammadi, President of Iran-China Friendship Association.

President Li welcomed Mr. Ahad Mohammadi to visit China again. She said, China attaches great importance to developing ties with Iran and she shall always keep firmly in mind the original aspiration of enhancing China-Iran people to people friendship and the mission of promoting common development. We had insisted on carrying out friendly exchanges with Iran in spite of the vicissitudes of international situation. Li highly appreciated Iran-China Friendship Association’s contribution on the development of bilateral ties between the two peoples. She hoped the annual conference mechanism could play a bigger role in deepening cooperation and we could have more practical projects in the days to come.

President Ahad Mohammadi expressed gratitude to the hospitality of Chinese side and the great importance CPAFFC attached to Iran-China friendly cooperation for a long time. Ten years ago, President Li visited Iran and launched annual conference mechanism, setting up an effective platform for bilateral people to people friendly exchanges. He mentioned that there are many uncertainties in current international and regional situation, which need us to deepen Iran-China traditional friendship, strengthen practical cooperation, face up to all sorts of challenges so as to achieve common development.

Mr.Li Hai, DDG of Asian-African Affairs Department attended the meeting.

Photographed by Ren Xin