On March 15, 2018, SIIS President Chen Dongxiao met with EU Special Envoy for Afghanistan Mr. Roland Kobia and his colleagues. The two sides had a discussion on China and Europe’s role in constructing new model of international relations and cooperation on Afghanistan issue etc. Prof. Liu Zongyi from the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies and Dr. Cao Jiahan from the Center for Russian and Central Asian Studies participated in the meeting.