Kevin Rudd is expected to visit Chengdu next year

The visit by the delegation of Chengdu municipal government to Australia last month has achieved encouraging results with a number of agreements reached, including the document signed by the governments of Chengdu and Perth on establishing friendship relationship between the two cities, the settlement for the visit by Mr.

Kevin Michael Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and the current Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Chengdu next May, and an agreement with Jetstar Airways to include in its future plan the launch of Chengdu-Singapore- Melbourne flight, the Foreign Affairs Offi ce of Chengdu municipal government announced on Dec.

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"The establishment of the friendship relationship of Chengdu and Perth will greatly promote the cooperation and exchange between the two cities in commerce, education and technology and it is expected that the two cities will become sister cities in the future," said officials from the Foreign Affairs Office.