Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel
On October 26th, Ambassador Gao Yanping was invited to a working luncheon held by Mrs. Irit Ben-Abba, Deputy Director General (Economic Affairs) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel. Counsellor Dai Yuming and Mr. Eli Belotsercovsky, Desk officer of Chinese Affairs of Economic Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel were present.
Deputy Director General Ben-Abba welcomed Ambassador Gao for assuming her new post, and happily recalled her trip to China while she was the Israeli Commissioner General of the Shanghai World Expo. She said that since the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries in 1992, positive results were achieved in exchanges and cooperation in various fields, especially in the economic and trade cooperation. The Israeli Government takes economic and trade relations as the priority in developing bilateral ties. While continuing to provide assistance to Israeli companies with interests to develop business in China, The Israeli Government would create a favorable environment for Chinese enterprises to invest and operate in Israel.
Ambassador Gao spoke highly about Sino-Israel relations and said she believes that the healthy and stable relations between the two countries have been providing a strong guarantee to the cooperation in various fields. She said that the economic and trade, scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation were the highlights of the development of the bilateral relations, and bilateral trade volume of last year was 150 times the amount of the year in which the diplomatic ties were established. Ambassador Gao expressed the hope that the two governments would work together to provide more support and assistance to the companies, and to take more active measures to overcome the practical difficulties in the economic and trade cooperation, thus to promote the bilateral economic and trade relations to a new level.
Ambassador Gao and Deputy Director General Ben-Abba also exchanged views on issues of mutual concern.