China and Kyrgyzstan should explore new ways of thinking to promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation to make it continue to deepen and more effective, Chinese President Xi Jinping said when meeting with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov in Astana on Wednesday.
The two leaders met in the Kazakh capital ahead of the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which is set to be held Thursday.
Recalling his last meeting with the Kyrgyz leader in northwest China's Xi'an last May, Xi said that the two leaders held fruitful talks and reached many consensuses on China-Kyrgyzstan relations and bilateral cooperation in various fields.
Over the past year or so, these consensuses have been effectively implemented, and good news on China-Kyrgyzstan cooperation has been reported frequently.
Good neighbors wish each other well, Xi said, adding that China is happy to see a stable and developing Kyrgyzstan and will, as always, firmly support Kyrgyzstan in safeguarding its national independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity and in finding a development path suited to its national conditions.
Xi underlined that China stands ready to work together with Kyrgyzstan to deepen the synergy between their respective development strategies, expand state governance experience exchanges, advance all-round mutually-beneficial cooperation, and promote the building of a China-Kyrgyzstan community with a shared future.
Xi stressed that China and Kyrgyzstan should explore new ways of thinking to promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and deepen practical cooperation.
He said the two sides should expand economic, trade and investment cooperation, enhance connectivity and expand cooperation on new quality productive forces.
China is willing to import more high-quality green agricultural products from Kyrgyzstan, support Chinese companies to invest and start businesses in Kyrgyzstan, strengthen cooperation in areas such as new energy vehicles and cross-border e-commerce, and accelerate the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project, said the president.
Xi said that the two sides should give full play to the platforms such as the Chinese traditional medicine center in Kyrgyzstan, the Chinese Cultural Center and the Luban Workshop to nurture more successors of China-Kyrgyzstan friendly cooperation.
China is willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation with Kyrgyzstan to continuously improve and strengthen the China-Central Asia mechanism, and ensure that the SCO develops in the right direction that serves the common interests of all parties, he added.
For his part, Japarov said he still vividly remembers his visit to China in May last year, which opened up a new era in bilateral relations. At present, the political relations between Kyrgyzstan and China are developing at a high level, various departments of the two countries maintain close communication, sub-national exchanges and cooperation are booming, and bilateral trade and investment are growing steadily, said the president.
He said that in the face of global changes unseen in a century, Kyrgyzstan-China relations have always been rock-solid, and there are no political differences or cooperation obstacles between the two countries.
Japarov said Kyrgyzstan firmly adheres to the one-China principle, adding that Kyrgyzstan welcomes more Chinese enterprises to invest in the country, and will provide good business environment for Chinese enterprises.
It is hoped that the two sides will work together to promote the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project and close multilateral communication and collaboration in the SCO and other platforms, he said.
Xi urges China, Kyrgyzstan to promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation
Xi urges China, Kyrgyzstan to promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation
Xi urges China, Kyrgyzstan to promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation
Xi urges China, Kyrgyzstan to promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation
