China will work to build more proactive, pragmatic and dynamic ties with Bulgaria to help promote the steady and positive development of China-EU relations, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks at a joint press briefing with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, during his recent visit to the country as part of a broader Eurasian tour.

Wang said China is ready to seize the opportunities with Bulgaria and build closer strategic partnerships in development and revitalization, Eurasian connectivity and the upholding of multilateralism. Stronger and more dynamic China-Bulgaria ties can contribute to closer and more constructive China-EU relations, he added.