VICTORIA, June 29 -- At the invitation of President of Seychelles Patrick Herminie, Chinese President Xi Jinping's Special Envoy and Minister of Transport Liu Wei attended on Sunday the National Day celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of Seychelles' independence in Victoria, the capital.

Herminie met with Liu in Victoria on Monday. During their meeting, Liu conveyed Xi's cordial greetings and best wishes to Herminie.

Liu said that China attaches great importance to the development of China-Seychelles relations and stands ready, as always, to support Seychelles in exploring a modernization path suited to its national conditions, continuously expand mutually beneficial cooperation across various fields, firmly support each other on issues concerning core interests and major concerns, and advance bilateral relations to a new level.

For his part, Herminie asked Liu to convey his sincere greetings to Xi and expressed gratitude to Xi for sending a special envoy to attend the National Day celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of Seychelles' independence.

He highly praised Seychelles-China relations and emphasized that Seychelles values the traditional friendship between the two countries, firmly adheres to the one-China principle, and is willing to deepen practical cooperation with China in various fields to promote the continued development of bilateral ties.