TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's state media Xinhua News Agency is willing to help deepen media cooperation and exchange between China and Iran so as to jointly build a "Silk Road of Information," Xinhua's Editor in Chief He Ping said on Sunday.
"We are willing join Iranian media community in a concerted effort to deepen and expand cooperation to build a positive media atmosphere for speeding up the construction of the Silk Road economic belt," He said during his meeting with Mohammad Sadegh, senior advisor to the Iranian president, in Tehran.
He referred to an earlier proposal by Chinese President Xi Jinping to further bridge the hearts and minds of the peoples along the Silk Road. In that process, the media in both countries share a critical role in promoting friendship and mutual understanding between the two peoples, he added.
Sadegh said that Iran attaches great importance to building friendly ties with China, with which it has a long history of friendship and cooperation.
He hoped that media in both countries play a constructive role during the revival of the Silk Road by steadily improving their exchange mechanism, and by deepening cooperation.
He Ping also met with Hossein Entazami, Iran's deputy minister of culture and Islamic guidance, and discussed media cooperation with Mohammad Khoddadi, president of Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), and Ali Asgari, president of Mehr News Agency.
He is visiting Iran at the invitation of IRNA. Editor: yan