Chinese vice president meets chair of Turkmenistan's National Assembly

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Dunyagozel Gulmanova, chairperson of the National Assembly (Mejlis) of Turkmenistan, in Beijing on Friday.

Under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, bilateral relations have been elevated to a comprehensive strategic partnership and the community with a shared future has been practiced at the bilateral level, Han said.

Han also said China is willing to work with Turkmenistan to jointly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, firmly support each other, and accelerate cooperation in areas such as natural gas, digital economy, green development and new energy.

China is ready to expand people-to-people and cultural exchanges, strengthen international collaboration, and promote the steady and long-term development of bilateral relations with Turkmenistan, he added.

Noting that the friendship between Turkmenistan and China has a long history, Gulmanova said Turkmenistan is willing to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with China in fields including legislation, environmental protection, culture and people-to-people exchanges, economy and trade, and youth, to achieve common development.