Nicosia, June 6th—Nikos Christodoulides, President of Cyprus, met here today with Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC).  

Christodoulides asked Liu to convey his sincere greetings to President Xi Jinping. He expressed that the Cyprus-China relations have a solid foundation and will grow better and stronger no matter how the international situation changes. He expressed Cyprus's gratitude to China for the valuable support for the Cyprus problem in the UN Security Council, and said Cyprus's commitment to the one-China principle remains unchanged. Cyprus is willing to, together with China, strengthen high-level visits and promote cooperation in the Belt and Road cooperation, economy, trade, culture and other fields. Cyprus and China both adhere to multilateralism and oppose unilateralism. In the face of a challenging international situation, cooperation is the only choice, while trade wars should be avoided. Relevant parties should enhance mutual understanding through consultation and negotiation, and jointly resolve economic and trade disputes.  

Liu conveyed President Xi Jinping's warm greetings to President Nikos Christodoulides. He said, since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China-Cyprus relations have withstood the test of changing international situations and maintained robust development. China appreciates Cyprus's firm adherence to the one-China principle and will continue to firmly support Cyprus in safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity and support a comprehensive, fair and lasting solution to the Cyprus problem under the framework of relevant UN resolutions. China is willing to work with Cyprus to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen the alignment of development strategies, expand exchanges and cooperation in economy, trade, agriculture, innovation, culture and education under the framework of the Belt and Road cooperation, and promote greater development of China-Cyprus strategic partnership. In the face of a turbulent and complex international situation, China and the European Union (EU) should adhere to the positioning of our partnership, adhere to mutual respect, mutual benefit and win-win results, and inject more certainty and stability into the world. Cyprus is a good partner of China in the EU and will serve as the rotating presidency of the EU in the first half of next year. China supports Cyprus in playing a greater role in international affairs and hopes that Cyprus will continue to play an active role in promoting the healthy and stable development of China-EU relations.  

Liu noted that the CPC has maintained long-term friendly exchanges with major political parties in Cyprus. China is willing to work with Cyprus to continue to enhance exchanges between political parties, strengthen political dialogue, expand youth exchanges, and actively contribute to the deepening of political mutual trust between the two countries, mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, and the friendship between the two peoples. At present, the CPC is uniting and leading the Chinese people to promote Chinese modernization on all fronts. China is willing to share development opportunities with all countries in the world, including Cyprus. 

The two sides also had in-depth exchanges of views on international and regional issues of common concern. 

Liu Yantao, Chinese Ambassador to Cyprus, Constantinos Kombos, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Konstantinos Letymbiotis, Government Spokesperson and Cabinet Member and others, were present.