Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Moldovan counterpart Maia Sandu on Sunday, January 30, exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their countries’ diplomatic relations, IPN reports, with reference to Xinhua.

In his message, Xi pointed out that China and Moldova are traditional partners of friendly cooperation. Over the past 30 years, he noted, bilateral relations have witnessed healthy and steady development, with the two countries enjoying increasingly deep political mutual trust, achieving substantial progress in various areas of cooperation, and conducting close collaboration in global and regional affairs.

Xi stressed that he attaches great importance to the development of China-Moldova relations, and stands ready to work with Sandu to take the 30th anniversary as an opportunity to push for further development of bilateral ties and cooperation in various areas for the benefit of both nations.

For her part, Sandu said Moldova-China relations now enjoy rapid development, with continuously enhanced political dialogue, deepening win-win cooperation and increasingly smooth coordination in multilateral affairs.

Moldova, she added, thanks China for providing assistance in pandemic response supplies, and is willing to continuously tap the potential of bilateral cooperation in various fields and strives for new development of bilateral relations.

The same day, January 30, 1992, the Republic of Moldova established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Korea. Today, January 31, it is celebrated the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Moldova-Spain diplomatic relations.