Chinese President Xi Jinping's signed article published in Kazakh media has given inspirations on the world situation and the development of bilateral relations between China and Kazakhstan, according to Kazakh experts.
A signed article by President Xi was published on Kazakh newspaper Kazakhstanskaya Pravda and news agency Kazinform ahead of his state visit to the Central Asian state.
Xi arrived in the Kazakh capital city of Astana on Tuesday to pay a state visit to Kazakhstan and to attend the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Astana.
In the article, Xi said that the current visit is his fifth to Kazakhstan since he became Chinese president in 2013.
The Chinese president said he hopes this visit will deepen bilateral cooperation, push forward the China-Kazakhstan permanent comprehensive strategic partnership to a higher level.
Xi calls for consolidating the political tradition of mutual support, facilitating win-win cooperation, and strengthening bilateral lasting friendship and people-to-people exchanges.
He also said the two countries should work together to handle the crises and opportunities that arise from the fast-changing global landscape, unseen in a century.
The article has aroused warm responses among Kazakh experts, who said that Xi's position on the world situation and thoughts on the development of bilateral relations between China and Kazakhstan are quite impressive.
"I have noticed that President Xi Jinping mentioned in his signed article the important directions for future development of China-Kazakhstan cooperation. The first two aspects are bilateral cooperation in the fields of politics and economy, while the third aspect is to expand the depth and breadth of people-to-people exchanges. What impressed me most is President Xi's position on responding to changes in the world situation and new challenges faced by countries," said Amina Kosbaeva, chief expert with the Institute of Eurasian Integration.
"He pointed out that crises could bears opportunities, and crises could be turned into opportunities. I agree very much. Crises and challenges can also be transformed into the driving force for countries to seek new opportunities and expand cooperation. The SCO is such a platform that provides new opportunities, which is quite attractive with broad areas for cooperation," said the expert.
"President Xi Jinping pointed out in his signed article that China-Kazakhstan cooperation has risen to an unprecedented level. He stressed that the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries has achieved leapfrog development and advanced to the level of permanent comprehensive strategic partnership," said Adikhan Gadelshiyev, deputy head of the Department of Political Expertise of the Institute of Eurasian Integration.
"President Xi wrote in the article that China and Kazakhstan are strong backing to each other that are reliable and dependable, which demonstrates the high level of trust between the two countries," he said.
Kazakh experts say impressed by Xi's position on world situation
Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on Friday jointly met the press after holding talks in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe.
Xi, whose last state visit to Tajikistan came five years ago, said he once again felt the enduring brotherly friendship between the Chinese and Tajik people upon his return to the Central Asian country.
Xi hailed his talks with Rahmon as fruitful and rich in content, saying they signed a joint statement on the elevation of bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in the new era, made a joint decision to build a China-Tajikistan community with a shared future defined by lasting friendship, sharing weal and woe, mutual benefits and win-win results from a higher starting point, and witnessed the exchange of more than 20 cooperation documents in various fields, which gives a new characterization to the bilateral ties and has opened up new prospects for bilateral cooperation.
Xi awarded Rahmon with the Friendship Medal of the People's Republic of China for his outstanding contribution to bilateral ties, which was the first time the award has been presented outside of China, fully demonstrating the deep friendship of the Chinese people to President Rahmon and the people of Tajikistan.
Xi said the two sides will, as always, firmly advance friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation, firmly support each other in pursuing a development path suited to their national conditions, and safeguard their respective national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
No matter how the international situation changes, China will always be a trustworthy friend, reliable partner and close brother to Tajikistan, Xi added.
Xi said the two sides have agreed to focus on high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, comprehensively promote the synergy of development strategies of the two countries, and help each other's modernization drive.
China is ready to import more quality products from Tajikistan and continuously upgrade the quality and scale of China-Tajikistan economic and trade cooperation, said Xi.
He said the two countries have agreed to continue to deepen connectivity cooperation and support Tajikistan in tapping more potential in boosting transit transport.
China and Tajikistan will also deepen cooperation in various fields including mineral resources, agriculture, new energy, digital economy, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, and will enhance people-to-people and cultural exchanges and cooperation to consolidate popular support for their lasting friendship, Xi said, adding that support will be provided for more exchanges between the two countries' youths, media outlets, and think tanks, as well as in women's affairs and tourism.
Xi pointed out that China and Tajikistan are determined to further strengthen security cooperation to jointly crack down on the three forces of terrorism, separatism and extremism, and will work to maintain border security, unequivocally oppose third-party interference in the internal affairs of the two countries, and jointly safeguard regional security and stability.
The two sides will continue to strengthen communication and coordination on the Afghan issue, jointly participate in the cooperation of Afghanistan-related mechanisms, encourage the Afghan interim government to build inclusive governance, focus on development and improve people's livelihood, resolutely fight terrorism and crimes, and pursue friendship with neighboring countries, Xi said.
Both sides spoke highly of the achievements of China-Central Asia cooperation and are willing to continuously improve and strengthen the China-Central Asia mechanism, Xi said, adding that China has taken over the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and welcomes Rahmon to attend the SCO summit in China next year and discuss plans for the future development of the organization.
Stressing the importance of strengthening solidarity and cooperation for the international community, Xi said China advocates an equal and orderly world multipolarity and economic globalization that benefits all, and is ready to work with Tajikistan to actively implement the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, so as to contribute to the cause of world peace and development.
For his part, Rahmon said Xi's state visit to Tajikistan is an important milestone in the history of bilateral relations, which will inject strong new impetus into the development of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Tajikistan and China in the new era.
China and Tajikistan have been good neighbors and their bilateral relations have always been based on mutual understanding, mutual trust and mutual support, Rahmon said, adding that he and Xi are satisfied with the high-level development of bilateral ties and the fruitful results from bilateral cooperation, and have reached new consensus on the future development of China-Tajikistan relations.
The Tajik president said the documents signed on Friday will strengthen practical cooperation in various fields between the two countries, adding that his country welcomes more Chinese investment to help accelerate Tajikistan's industrialization and modernization process.
Tajikistan is willing to strengthen security cooperation with China to fight terrorism, separatism and extremism and safeguard the common security of the two countries, Rahmon said.
Tajikistan is also willing to maintain close communication and cooperation with China within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the China-Central Asia mechanism, so as to make positive contributions to regional peace and stability, he said.
Xi, Tajik president jointly meet press in Dushanbe
Xi, Tajik president jointly meet press in Dushanbe
