On Novenmber. 13th ,Vice President Song Jingwu met with Mr. Thorkell Arnason, the newly elected president of Icelandic Chinese Cultural Society and Gunnar Gunnarson, Ambassador of Iceland to China.
Vice president Song Jingwu congratulated Mr.Arnason on his election as new president of ICCS and asked him to convey his greetings to his predecessors, especially old friend of CPAFFC , Mr Arnthor Helgason. President Arnason said that he hmself is engaged in high-tech coorperation with China, and while was elected president of ICCS this October, he will make new contributions to promoting Iceland-China friendship and cooperation.Ambassodor Gunnarson invited president Song Jingwu to attend the reception celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Independency of Iceland, which will be held this month.
The two sides exchanged views widely on enhancement of people-to-people friendship and furthering cooperation on high-tech, cultural exchange, geothermy and arctic affairs.