On May 20th, Zhang Xu, the vice minister of Ministry of Culture and Tourism attends the opening ceremony of Beijign Eunus Emer Turkish Cultural Center.
On behalf of the Minisry of Culture and Tourism of China, Zhang Xu sends his warm congratulation on the opening of Yunus Emre Enstitusu (YEE). In recent years, the relationship between China and Turkey has been developing repidly. More exchanges between senior officials have been carried out and political mutual trust has been enhanced. In the May of 2017, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkey, participated the “Belt and Road” Forum for International Cooperation, during which, presidents of China and Turkey witnessed the signing of the agreement to set a cultural center in each others’ countries. Zhang Xu hopes that the Tukish Cultural Center can be a platform to increse friendship and mutual-understanding of people in two countries, to promote communication and cooperation in every field and to contribute to lift our relationship to a higher level.
Abdulkadir Emin Önen, Turkish ambassador in China, thanks and speaks highly of continuous effort and important contribution made by the Ministry of Cultural and Tourism of China to strengthen the cooperation between two countries in cultural and tourism fields, especially China’s cooperation and help to establish YEE. He stresses that China is always Turkey’s good partner. It’s significant to set up YEE in 2021 which marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relationship between China and Turkey. He expects greater contribution to our exchanges by the cultural center.