A fruitful video conference held between the cities of Harbin, capital city of China’s northernmost Heilongjiang province and Krasnodar in the south of Russia was held on June 23, according to information released by the foreign affairs office of Harbin.

Harbin and Krasnodar established a friendly sister relationship on June 28, 2008.

Officials said that the conference focused on talks about more cooperation between the two cities in various fields.

They said it was the first time that Harbin had participated in a cloud meeting with the politicians from an international friendship city through a video conference.

During the conference, the mayor of Harbin expressed his willingness to share his city’s experience in novel coronavirus epidemic prevention and control with Krasnodar, its wish to strengthen international cooperation against the background of normalization of the epidemic, and the push to promote the in-depth development of friendly city relations.

The two sides also fully exchanged views on matters such as promoting the establishment of regular high-level meeting mechanisms.

They also discussed expanding economic and trade exchanges, organizing online exchanges in various fields and strengthening scientific and technological cooperation within the framework of the China-Russia Year of Science and Technology Innovation.