Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech during the second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, June 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu) In Astana, Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Central Asian leaders have discussed cooperation plans and achieved more than 100 cooperation outcomes, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev pose for a group photo in Astana, Kazakhstan, June 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi) The second China-Central Asia Summit marks "a historic event" and opened a new chapter for a time-tested regional partnership, said Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin.
For over a millennium, the ancient Silk Road connected China with Central Asia and beyond, so named because silk was one of the prime goods exported. Today, for designer Fan Yanyan, silk has once again become a medium of cross-border connection.
ASTANA, June 17 (Xinhua) -- China and five Central Asian countries reaffirmed on Tuesday their firm support for each country's independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity as well as the principles of sovereign equality and the inviolability of borders. They made the pledge in a treaty of permanent good-neighborliness and friendly cooperation signed by China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
