MERU COUNTY SIGNS BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH CHINESE HUNAN PROVINCE TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURE, TOURISM, TRADE AND CULTURE
Updated on: Dec 03, 2020
The Governor of Meru County H.E. Kiraitu Murungi and the leadership of Hunan Province in southern China led by Mr. Xu Zhengxian, the Director General of the Office of Foreign Affairs in Hunan Province, have this morning signed a letter on intent of friendship between Meru County and Hunan Province.
In the ceremony which was conducted virtually due to prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, the two leaders agreed to build friendly relations between the two jurisdictions to promote trade, agriculture, tourism and culture, among other areas.
While acknowledging the warm and friendly diplomatic relations between Kenya under the leadership of President Uhuru Kenyatta and China led by President Xi Jinping, Governor Kiraitu pitched Meru County's rich wealth in agriculture, tourism and culture, welcoming the leadership of Hunan to explore areas of investment in order to open and expand trade with Meru County.
"Through this agreement, we intend to open opportunities for exporting Meru agriculture products such as coffee, macadamia and avocado, among others, and also strengthen ties to promote art, culture and creativity for our youth by introducing Meru arts to the vast Chinese market.
"This agreement has been achieved through our already existing friendship with Mr. Duan Honglian, the Director of Africa-China Culture and Art Gallery, with whom we recently signed a partnership agreement to promote arts, music and other cultural products which we aim to introduce into the Chinese market through among others, exchange programs of our Meru artists," Governor Kiraitu explained.
During the signing ceremony, the two teams from Hunan and Meru County exchanged documentary videos showcasing the best of each jurisdiction.
Dir. Zhengxian said that his team from Hunan was extremely impressed to learn of the rich products of Meru County in agriculture, tourism and culture including the rich wildlife in Meru National Park and the vast opportunities for mountain tourism on Mt. Kenya.
Hunan Province is known worldwide as a leading global tourism and cultural destination because it was the early home of Communist leader Mao Zedong(Chairman Mao), the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and also hosts the Mao Zedong Memorial Museum.
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