On March 1, 2019, Vice President Xie Yuan met with Mr. Tapusalaia Terry Toomata, Samoan Ambassador to China. The two sides exchanged ideas on advancing local cooperation between China and Samoa.
Vice President Xie Yuan expressed sincere gratitude to Ambassador Toomata for his positive contributions to the people-to-people friendly exchanges and cooperation of local governments between China and Samoa over the past ten years. Vice President Xie said CPAFFC was delighted to know that relevant cities of Samoa had conducted exchange of visits and contacts with Kunming and Xi’an. We hoped both sides could carry on more exchanges and deepen their mutual understanding, so as to lay a solid foundation for the possible establishment of friendship-city relations.
Ambassador Toomata said that Samoa had preliminary exchanges and discussions on establishing friendship-city relations with Kunming, the city of spring, and Xi’an, a city abundance with cultural and historical heritage. The embassy would follow up with it, to further strengthen the friendship between our two peoples and promote common development.
Mr. Hao Zhongwei, Deputy Director General of the Department of American and Oceanian Affairs, was present at the meeting.
Photographed by Zhang Weixiao
