On March 11, CPAFFC Vice President Lin Yi met with H.E. Dhia Khaled, Ambassador of Tunisia to China.
Madame Lin Yi welcomed Ambassador Khalid, and briefed him on friendly exchanges of the CPAFFC with Tunisia in recent years. She stated that Tunisia is an important participator in jointly building the Belt and Road. The CPAFFC is willing to maintain communication and cooperation with the Tunisian Embassy to further bilateral cooperation in local governments and people-to-people exchanges under the framework of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to further mutual understanding and promote common development.
Ambassador Khaled stressed that Tunisia has always applauded the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and formally joined the BRI in 2018. Tunisia hopes to strengthen its connection and mutually beneficial cooperation with China for common development. He highly appreciated the CPAFFC for its important contributions in furthering people-to-people friendship and cooperation between Tunisia and China, and expressed his willingness to continue to support the friendship associations in both countries in their efforts to promote bilateral exchanges and cooperation in the areas of youth, culture, local governments, etc.
Deputy Director General Li Hai of the Asia & Africa Department of CPAFFC was present at the meeting.
Photographed by Tu Lili
