Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana from June 16 to 18 at the invitation of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

This is the first time that the China-Central Asia Summit will be held in a Central Asian country. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said that through the summit, China and the five Central Asian countries will further consolidate mutual trust, build consensus on cooperation, deepen the synergy of strategies, promote the upgrading of cooperation in various fields, and inject more positive energy into building a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future.

In the past years, Xi has made various remarks on the friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Central Asian countries. Here are some of his key quotes.