President Solih sends National Day greetings to China

Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has sent a message to the Chinese President Xi Jinping, congratulating him and the people of China on occasion of the 74^th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

In his message on Sunday, President Solih said that Maldives and China have maintained a strong and enduring relationship that has proven its resilience over time.

“I have full faith that these bonds of friendship will only grow stronger in the years to come,” he said.

President Solih also conveyed his personal best wishes for President Xi’s good health and wellbeing, and for further welfare and good fortune of the people of China.

China celebrates its national day on October 1 each year, in commemoration of the communist leader Mao Zedong's formal proclamation of the establishment of the People's Republic of China, on October 1, 1949.

It marked the end of the Chinese Civil War, which broke out in the 1920s.