Vice President H.E. Hussain Mohamed Latheef met H.E. Mr. Wang Ning, Secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on Friday. The Vice President is currently in China on an official visit to attend the ‘China-Indian Ocean Region Forum on Development Cooperation’.

The discussion centred on avenues of cooperation including tourism, agriculture, green energy, higher education, sports, economy and trade and high-level exchanges between both countries among other topics.

Before concluding the meeting, the Vice President reaffirmed hope to further cement the close bilateral ties between the two countries.

The Vice President addressed the ‘China-Indian Ocean Region Forum on Development Cooperation' organised by the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) earlier today. He is accompanied at the trip by the Minister of Economic Development and Trade H.E. Mohamed Saeed.