Vice President Han Zheng meets with Bulgarian President Jotova in New York

Xinhua News Agency, New York, September 24 (Reporters Liu Yanan and Xu Jing) On September 24, 2026 local time, Vice President Han Zheng met with Bulgarian President Jotova while attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Han Zheng conveyed President Xi Jinping's cordial greetings and best wishes to Jotova. Han Zheng said that although Bulgaria and China are far apart, traditional friendship, mutual benefit and win-win results have always been the distinctive background of bilateral relations. In recent years, under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, mutual trust between the two countries has continued to deepen, and practical cooperation in various fields has steadily advanced. China is willing to continue to strengthen high-level exchanges with Bulgaria, build political mutual trust, accommodate each other's core interests and major concerns, and further promote the healthy and stable development of bilateral relations. China and Bulgaria have achieved fruitful cooperation in the fields of agriculture, information and communications, and auto parts manufacturing. China is willing to continue to deepen exchanges with Bulgaria in the fields of youth, education, culture and tourism, promote people-to-people bonds, strengthen multilateral collaboration, and benefit the two peoples with more cooperation results.

Jotova asked Han Zheng to convey her sincere greetings to President Xi Jinping, saying that Bulgaria cherishes its traditional friendship with China and that relations between the two countries have maintained a healthy and stable development momentum in recent years. Bulgaria hopes to further intensify high-level exchanges between the two countries, expand cooperation in electric vehicles, high-end manufacturing, telecommunications and other fields, promote the continued growth of bilateral trade, strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges, promote the implementation of more practical cooperation results, and continuously enrich the connotation of the Bulgaria-China strategic partnership.