Invited by the Bosnia and Herzegovina-China Friendship Association (BHCFA), the Stand- ing Conference of Towns and Municipalities of Serbia and Montenegro, and the Federation for Bulgarian-Chinese Friendship, a CPAFFC delega- tion headed by its vice president Liu Zhiming paid a goodwill visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, and Bulgaria from Sep- tember 14 to 25, 2005 and was accorded high courtesy. It had extensive contact with person- ages of the political and business circles of the Ithree countries, which deepened mutual under- standing, promoted friendship and enhanced co- operation. It was the first delegation sent by the CPAFFC to Bosnia and Herzegovina since the latter’s independence. Member of the Presidency Sulejman Tihic, Deputy Foreign Minister Anton Rill, Federation Prime Minister Ahmet Hadzipasic and Deputy Prime Minister Gavrilo Grahovac, Serb Republic Vice President Ivan Tomljenovic and Prime Minister Pero Bukejlovic,The delegation having a meeting with M. Gojkovic (R. 2), mayor of Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro ministers of trade, tourism and economic de- velopment and other government officials at the national level as well as of the two entities, met with the delegation on separate occasions. The delegation also visited the capital Sarajevo, East Sarajevo, Bijeljina, Banjaluka and Mostar, had meetings and discussions with the mayors and relevant officials, and carried out exchanges with the Bosniak, Croat and Serb leading members of the BHCFA respectively. When meeting the delegation, Federation Prime Minister Hadzipasic said, as the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina stabilized and reform deepened, the political relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and China have become in- creasingly close and economic cooperation has expanded continuously in recent years. Bosnia and Herzegovina hopes and has the ability to become China’s cooperation partner. He wel- comed Chinese entrepreneurs to invest and build factories in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Federa- tion Deputy Prime Minister Gavrilo Grahovac emphazed, Bosnia and Herzegovina wishes to carry out cooperation in all fields with China and regards the enhancement of regional coop- eration as an important channel. He expressed Ivan Tomljenovic (L.3), vice president of the Serb Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, meeting with CPAFFC Vice President Liu Zhiming (L.2) and his party. First from left is Chines e Ambas sa do r Li Shuyuanparliamentary Bulgaria-China Friendship Group, met with the delegation. He said, the parliamen- tary Bulgaria-China Friendship Group, one of the first friendship-with-China organizations founded in the country, now has members from all political parties, who are working hard to promote friendship and cooperation between the people of our two countries. N. Popov and D. Todorov, president and vice president of the Federation for Bulgarian-Chinese Friendship, accompanied the delegation on its visit in Bul- garia despite their old age. The Bulgarian side made a special arrange- ment for the delegation to visit Shoumen to pro- mote the friendly and cooperative relations be- tween the city and Zhengzhou. Gao Jianhui, vice mayor of Zhengzhou and a member of the delegation, and the mayor of Shoumen believed that the two cities are highly com- plementary and that there is great potential for cooperation. The two sides signed a let- ter of intent on the establishment of friendly and cooperative relations and the agreement will be signed in 2006 when the Bulgarian side visits China. the hope that the friendship organizations of the two countries would play a more vigorous role in this respect. The Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities of Serbia and Montenegro attached great importance to the delegation’s visit. R. Hrustanovic, vice mayor of Belgrade, met with the delegation. He stressed, there exists a tradi- tional friendship between Serbia and Montenegro and China. When meeting with difficulties, Ser- bia and Montenegro
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