China will continue to support Cyprus in safeguarding national sovereignty: Chinese FM

China will continue to support Cyprus in safeguarding its national sovereignty and territorial integrity, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during talks with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York.

China and Cyprus should work together to uphold the international system with the United Nations at its core, closely coordinate and cooperate on multilateral occasions, and safeguard multilateralism and international fairness and justice, Wang said.

For his part, Christodoulides said that Cyprus is committed to deepening cooperation with China and firmly upholds the one-China principle.

China will continue to support Cyprus in safeguarding national sovereignty: Chinese FM

The value of China's international trade in goods and services reached approximately 4.18 trillion yuan in August this year, marking an increase of 4 percent year on year, official data showed on Friday.

In U.S. dollar terms, the country's exports of goods and services amounted to 322.4 billion U.S. dollars, while imports totaled 263.5 billion dollars, recording a surplus of 58.9 billion dollars, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said.

The export value of goods reached nearly 2.07 trillion yuan while the import value of goods totaled about 1.5 trillion yuan, resulting in a surplus of 572.4 billion yuan.

The value of exported services amounted to 230.8 billion yuan and the value of imported services stood at 383 billion yuan, producing a deficit of 152.2 billion yuan.

China's int'l trade in goods, services up 4 pct in August