China
and Central Asian countries have agreed to boost cooperation in various fields, said a press release from the Sixth China-Central Asia Foreign Ministers' Meeting held here Saturday.
Murat Nurtleu, deputy prime minister
and minister of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan, Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee
and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeenbek Kulubaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, Bakhtiyor Saidov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan,
and Parahat Durdyev, Turkmenistan's Ambassador to China attended the meeting.
The parties will continue to maintain close communication
and coordination through diplomatic channels to ensure the complete success
and fruitful outcomes of the upcoming China-Central Asia Summit, said the press release.
All sides reaffirmed their firm support for each other on core interests such as sovereignty, independence, security
and territorial integrity,
and opposed external forces interfering in the internal affairs of countries participating in the mechanism, it said.
The Central Asian countries highly valued
and expressed their willingness to actively implement the Global Security Initiative proposed by China, it said.
The parties reaffirmed their support for multilateralism
and international trade rules,
and expressed opposition to unilateral protectionist practices, it said.
All sides expressed willingness to deepen high-quality Belt
and Road cooperation
and implement mutually beneficial projects in infrastructure construction, digital connectivity
and the green economy, according to the press release.
The parties will continue efforts to enhance Central Asia's role in ensuring international energy
and food security, developing international transport
and logistics routes,
and ensuring the smooth supply of key goods, it said.
All parties reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening regional
and international security,
and jointly combating the "three evil forces" of terrorism, extremism
and separatism as well as transnational crime, it said.
Editor:Evan
