Tajik experts expect Xi's visit to improve bilateral relations, boost cultural exchanges

Tajik experts and scholars are looking forward to Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming state visit to Tajikistan, which they believe will help promote the further development of bilateral relations for the benefit of the people of the two countries.

At the invitation of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Xi is set to pay a state visit to Tajikistan after concluding his trip to Kazakhstan where he attended the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States in Astana on Thursday.

Rashid Alimov, secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) between 2016 and 2018 and a former Tajik Foreign Minister, hopes Xi's visit will spur more cultural exchanges between the two countries and contribute to greater mutual understandings between the two peoples.

"Now, the leaders of our countries are advocating cross-cultural exchanges between China and Tajikistan, which is very important. The better the trade, economic and investment cooperation between the two countries develops, the more Tajik students will study in China. We sincerely hope that through the accumulated cultural exchanges, we can better understand each other and bring our two peoples closer together," said Alimov.

Meanwhile, Sharif Rahimzoda, director of the Institute of Economics and Demography of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, noted the strong fraternal relationship between the leaders of China and his country is helping drive the bilateral economic and trade cooperation.

"The economic and trade cooperation between China and Tajikistan has a long history, especially since the year of independence, this relationship has developed in an accelerated manner. Above all, this is due to the friendly, genuine and brotherly relations between the leaders of the two countries. Bilateral investment and trade continue to grow. China and Tajikistan have long created new conditions for the development of bilateral economic relations," said Rahimzoda.

Tajik experts expect Xi's visit to improve bilateral relations, boost cultural exchanges

Tajik experts expect Xi's visit to improve bilateral relations, boost cultural exchanges

China on Sunday marked the 87th anniversary of the beginning of its whole-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression.

On July 7, 1937, Japanese soldiers attacked Chinese forces at the Lugou Bridge, marking the beginning of Japan's full-scale invasion of China, and China's whole-nation resistance against the Japanese invaders.

At 09:00, the ceremony began amid resounding China's national anthem. Poems were recited and songs were performed by students from the capital to express the younger generation's resolve to carry forward the spirit of the heroes and martyrs, advance China's modernization and contribute to the building of a strong nation and national rejuvenation.

Attendees offered floral tributes and bowed to pay their respects to those who had laid down their lives in fighting the Japanese aggression.

The ceremony was attended by about 500 people, including war veterans and family members of military officers in the war.

Beijing holds event to mark 87th anniversary of resistance war against Japanese aggression