Maldivian Foreign Minister, Abdulla Shahid has said that he hoped to closely with China this year on important projects to both countries.

Quote tweeting the Chinese Ambassador to the Maldives, Zhand Lizhong, on the set-up of the eye center at the Hulhumale’ Hospital, Minister Shahid said that it was “yet another development in the Maldives-China relationships”.

Minister Shahid said that he is looking forward to working even more closely on this and other such mutually beneficial projects this year.