At the invitation of Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Zheenbek Kulubaev, Uzbekistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Bakhtiyor Saidov, and Tajikistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi will visit the three countries and hold strategic dialogues respectively with their foreign ministers from November 19 to 22, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spoeksman Mao Ning said at a press conference today.
Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are China’s friendly neighbors and comprehensive strategic partners, she added. Since the beginning of this year, President Xi Jinping has met with President Sadyr Japarov, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and President Emomali Rahmon more than once. Under their guidance, China’s relations with the three countries have been elevated to a new stage.
To implement President Xi Jinping’s common understandings with the three presidents, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi will visit the three countries and hold strategic dialogues with his counterparts in the three countries. They will exchange their views on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of mutual interest.
China believes, the spokesperson underscored, that the visit will fully implement the outcomes of the second China-Central Asia Summit and the common understandings between President Xi Jinping and the three presidents, act on the China-Central Asia Spirit, enhance political mutual trust and traditional friendship, deepen high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and bring about more positivity to the building of the China-Central Asia community with a shared future and the community with a shared future between China and the three countries.
