Zhao Fengtao, vice-chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), met with Donal Brown, associate vice-president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), on Feb 17, 2023, during his visit to Italy.
The two sides held in-depth exchanges on topics such as jointly promoting the Global Development Initiative (GDI), implementing the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, deepening policy communication and dialogues, and carrying out trilateral cooperation.
Reehana Rifat Raza, regional director of the Asia and Pacific Division at the IFAD, Xu Wei, director-general of the CIDCA's Department of International Cooperation, and Mei Hongyong, deputy permanent representative of China to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, also attended the meeting.