On April 26, Vice President Lin Yi of CPAFFC met with Mr. Adriano Botelho de Vasconcelos, Advisor to Angolan President in Beijing. Mr. Adriano Botelho de Vasconcelos was visiting China at the invitation of CPAFFC. Madame Lin briefed Mr. Vasconcelos on CPAFFC’s exchanges with Angola. She said that CPAFFC is willing to collaborate with Angolan counterparts and implement the relevant consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries through deepening people-to-people and cultural communication, advancing practical cooperation of local governments and achieve zero breakthrough on the twinning of friendship provinces and cities. Madame Lin also hoped that Mr. Vasconcelos continue to care for the China-Angola friendship cause and support the work of the friendship associations of the two countries.
Mr. Vasconcelos highly appreciated the work of the friendship associations of the two countries. He said that Angola can draw on the experience from the remarkable achievements of China and accelerate the national development. He expressed his willingness to give his full support to the friendship associations, introduce Chinese values to Angola as well as promote the twinning of friendship provinces and cities.
Mr. Vasconcelos thanked the Chinese side for making arrangements for him to attend the Belt and Road CEO Conference during the Second Belt and Road Forum on International Cooperation. He said that the market environment in Angola is gradually improving, which will provide great development opportunities for both state-owned and private enterprises of China. Madame Lin said that the Belt and Road Initiative is, up to now, the largest public goods provided for the international community by China. The Second Belt and Road Forum on International Cooperation will further strengthen the “hard connectivity” as well as “soft connectivity” between China and other countries in the world so as to realize common development.
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