BEIJING: China and Malta pledged to deepen cooperation during senior diplomat Wang Yi’s visit to the European country.
Maltese President George Vella met with Wang, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at the presidential palace on Sunday, where Wang conveyed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s warm greetings to Vella and thanked him for his long-term contributions to promoting China-Malta friendship.
Thanks to the strategic guidance of both heads of state, China-Malta relations have enjoyed sustained, healthy and stable development, said Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Wang said the two countries respect and treat each other as equals, help each other and pursue common development, which has become a model for state-to-state relations.
China appreciates Malta’s adherence to the one-China principle, its objective and friendly view of China’s development, and its understanding and support for China’s legitimate advocacy, Wang noted.
He said China is willing to work with Malta to continuously and firmly support each other, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and jointly usher in next 50 years of better China-Malta relations. Wang thanked Malta for facilitating the China-U.S. strategic communication, noting that the Chinese and U.S. sides had a long discussion on how to stabilize China-U.S. relations, effectively manage differences, explore mutually beneficial cooperation, and shoulder their respective international responsibilities in addressing global challenges. –The Daily Mail-CGTN news exchange item
