Minister of Transportation and Road Safety of Israel
On 3rd November, Ambassador Gao Yanping met with Mr. Yisrael Katz, Minister of Transportation and Road Safety of the State of Israel. Mr. Charles Solomon, Deputy Director General of the Ministry, Mr. Mally Sutton, the Minister's Legal Advisor, Mr. Asaf Itzhaki, Chief of Staff of the Ministry and Mr. Hu Ming, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Embassy of China were present.
Minister Katz said during his visit to China this September, he was deeply impressed by China's economic development, especially the achievements in transportation. The Chinese and Jewish peoples have much in common. China and Israel are complementary with each other in transportation and have great potential for cooperation. Israeli government welcomes Chinese companies to actively participate in Israeli transportation infrastructure construction. Israeli Ministry of Transportation and Road Safety will provide assistance to Chinese companies.
Ambassador Gao congratulated Minister Katz on his successful visit to China. She said since the establishment of the diplomatic relations between China and Israel, the bilateral cooperation has achieved fruitful results in the fields of economic and trade, transportation, technology, culture and education. It is a wise choice for Israel to cooperate with Chinese companies, which have world leading technologies in construction of transportation infrastructure. Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Ambassador Gao hoped that transportation departments of the two countries could work together to intensify tangible cooperation between the two countries and deepen friendship between the two peoples.
Ambassador Gao and Minister Katz also exchanged views on other issues of mutual concern.