Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday expressed his willingness to promote China-Mexico ties to a new level and bring benefits to the two countries and their peoples.

Xi made the remarks in his congratulatory message to Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on the 200th anniversary of victory in the Mexican War of Independence.

In his message, Xi said Mexico is an important Latin American country with a long history and splendid civilization. In the course of development, the Mexican people have made remarkable achievements in exploring a development path suited to their national conditions and made ineffaceable contributions to the progress of human civilization. 

As President Lopez Obrador is currently promoting new development reforms, China sincerely wishes Mexico new and greater achievements in the course of its national construction, Xi said. 

He stressed that China and Mexico are both developing countries with broad common interests. Facing unprecedented changes in a century and a pandemic of the century, China and Mexico have stood together and supported each other, enhancing their friendship. 

Xi said he attaches great importance to the development of China-Mexico relations and is ready to work together with Lopez Obrador to deepen political mutual trust and boost mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries. 

(With input from Xinhua)