On November 14th, Vice President Xie Yuan met with President Andreas Vyras of union of Cyprus Municipalities, who is invited to attend China International Friendship Cities Conference 2018.
Vice President Xie welcomed President Vyras to attend the Conference. Xie said that China International Friendship Cities Conference is one of the most important platforms that we have build to promote the exchanges between Chinese and foreign local governments. It has been held for five consecutive sessions. The presence of the delegation of union of Cyprus Municipalities is an important starting point for the cooperation between our two organizations. Up to now, China and Cyprus have formally twinned one affiliation of friendship cities. Xie hoped that we will work closely to promote the development of friendship cities, carry out cooperation under the “Belt and Road” Initiative and build more cooperation platforms for civil and local governments exchanges between China and Cyprus.
President Vyras expressed his gratitude for inviting him to attend the Conference. His union has close contacts with the Chinese embassy in Cyprus and both of them have cooperated in a number of activities involving education, tourism and culture. Vyras is willing to establish a cooperative relationship with our association and to develop exchanges and cooperation in various fields between China and Cyprus and other European countries respectively.
