China, Kazakhstan committed to further cooperation

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Murat Nurtleu after the fifth China-Central Asia Foreign Ministers' Meeting in the city of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Sunday. 

In the meeting, both sides expressed willingness to further promote cooperation.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said China and Kazakhstan are permanent friendly neighbors with geographical proximity, shared ideas and close people-to-people ties.

Deepening cooperation in an all-round way conforms to the common interests of the two countries and the common expectations of the two peoples, Wang said.

He called on the two sides to fully deliver on the major common understandings between the two countries' leaders, consolidate political mutual trust, firmly support each other, jointly promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, make progress in the building of the China-Kazakhstan community with a shared future, and advance their respective modernization efforts.

Nurtleu said Kazakhstan appreciates China's support for Central Asian countries in safeguarding national sovereignty and independence, and regards China as a reliable and permanent comprehensive strategic partner and a diplomatic priority.

He noted that Kazakhstan reaffirms its adherence to the one-China principle and firm support for China in safeguarding its core interests on Taiwan and issues related to Xinjiang and Xizang.

Kazakhstan is willing to strengthen the synergy of development strategies with China and implement the important consensus of the two heads of state in a high-quality manner to usher in another "golden 30 years" of bilateral relations, he said.

(Cover: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meets with Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Murat Nurtleu in Chengdu, China, December 1, 2024. /Xinhua)