한중도시우호협회측은 보도자료에서 “권기식 한중도시우호협회장은 19일 광주광역시를 방문해 장청강(張承剛) 주광주 중국총영사와 만찬을 함께하며 한중 교류 방안에 대해 대담했다”고 전하고 “권기식 회장은 ‘최근 한중 관계가 걱정스러운 상황’이라며 ‘한중 교류 활성화를 통해 한중 관계가 더욱 발전하기 바란다’고 말했다”고 밝혔다.
장청강(張承剛) 총영사는 "한중도시우호협회 등 한중 단체들이 한중 교류를 위해 다양한 프로그램을 만들면 주광주 중국총영사관은 적극 협력하겠다"고 말했다. 이날 만찬에는 차홍규 한중미술협회장이 함께했다.
Ki-shik Kwon, President of the Korea-China Cities Friendship Association, has a dinner talk with the Chinese consul general in Gwangju Zhu
-Reporter Park Jeong-dae
In a press release, the Korea-China Cities Friendship Association said, "Kwon Ki-sik, the head of the Korea-China Cities Friendship Association, visited Gwangju on the 19th and had a dinner with the Chinese consul general in Gwangju, Jang Cheong-gang." “Recently, the relationship between Korea and China is a worrying situation,” he said.
"If Korean-Chinese organizations such as the Korea-China Cities Friendship Association create various programs for Korea-China exchanges, the Chinese Consulate General in Gwangju will actively cooperate," said Consul General Chang Chung-gang. The dinner was attended by Cha Hong-kyu, the head of the Korea-China Art Association.