JIN DING/CHINA DAILY The Belt and Road Initiative has yielded fruitful results for both China and Kazakhstan, and become not only a brand of Chinese diplomacy but also an effective tool for strengthening international cooperation, promoting global growth and helping build a community with a shared future for mankind. At the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing last year, which was attended by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, many important agreements were signed between China and Kazakhstan, including the "Agreement on the Joint Development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route" and the "Memorandum on the Joint Construction of a Third Cross-Border Railway (Ayagoz-Tacheng)".
DUSHANBE, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China-Tajikistan relations have reached new heights, with strategic leadership of the two heads of state playing a key role, Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Ji Shumin said in a recent interview with Xinhua. China is willing to work together with Tajikistan to comprehensively implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state and benefit both countries and their peoples, Ji said.
ASTANA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's ongoing trip to Kazakhstan underscores China's commitment to regional cooperation and growing efforts to deepen closer partnerships while promoting unity within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), said Gulnar Shaimergenova, director of Kazakhstan's China Studies Center. Xi's trip, which includes a state visit to Kazakhstan and attending the 24th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO, bears great significance, Shaimergenova said in a recent interview with Xinhua.
"China and Kazakhstan are good neighbors, good friends, and good partners with a long history of exchanges between the two peoples and mutual learning between different civilizations along the ancient Silk Road," said Chinese President Xi Jinping in his congratulatory message to the opening ceremony of the "Kazakhstan Tourism Year" in China on March 29. Paintings are displayed at an art exhibition titled "Kazakhstan-China: A Dialogue Across Millennium" in Ak Orda Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan.
