The President of the Republic of Macedonia, Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, today received the Letters of Credence of the newly appointed Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Macedonia, H.E. Cui Zhiwei.

President Ivanov, expressing satisfaction with the high level of relations between the Republic of Macedonia and the People’s Republic of China, stressed that Macedonia highly appreciates the independent peaceful foreign policy of China and its positive role in Asia and in the world. The Republic of Macedonia remains on its firm and principled position on the existence of one China. This is the position of the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia and this position will never be challenged, regardless of the political color, President Ivanov said. The Macedonian President said that we will never forget the support of the People’s Republic of China since the earliest days of our independence, and in particular the principled usage and attitude towards our constitutional name.

President Ivanov expressed Macedonia’s interest in increasing and boosting the economic cooperation, in intensifying the opportunities for presentation of the economic potentials of the Republic of Macedonia for attracting Chinese investments.

Ambassador Cui Zhiwei underlined that the People’s Republic of China highly appreciates the positive role of the Republic of Macedonia in the region, respects and supports the attainment of the strategic goals of the country. He expressed satisfaction with the continuing political dialogue at the highest level and stressed that the economic cooperation between the two countries in recent years marks an upward trend. Deepening and intensifying this cooperation will be on the top of his agenda during his mandate.

Both, President Ivanov and Ambassador Zhiwei, acknowledged and confirmed the established excellent cooperation at multilateral level.