Writing ahead of my first overseas visit in 2 years and 8 months… He will also hold talks with Putin.
Prior to his visit to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed to strengthen security cooperation through contributions to the media of both countries.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China on the 13th, President Xi said in a Uzbekistan media article titled “Let’s join hands and open a more beautiful tomorrow for China-Uzbekistan relations”, saying, “Both sides are deepening cooperation in the security field, and no force can destroy the stability of the region. “We must firmly oppose this,” he said. “We must create a safe external environment for the development and prosperity of both countries.”
“Afghanistan is a neighbor of China and Uzbekistan, and peace, stability, development and prosperity in Afghanistan are in the common interests of both countries,” Xi said. “, he added.
“We want to work together with Uzbekistan to implement global security initiatives to fend off new threats and new challenges, and to uphold peace and stability and international equity and justice,” he said.
“The Samarkand summit will surely yield fruitful results through the joint efforts of each country,” he said. I believe it,” he said.
In the Kazakhstan media article, Xi said, “We must firmly safeguard our common security. In the face of a complicated international and regional situation, only unity and cooperation can overcome the ordeal and solve the difficulties of security management.” claimed that
“China wants to deepen law enforcement, security and defense cooperation with Kazakhstan and jointly practice a sustainable view of security,” he said. Let’s work together,” he said.
In addition, he said, “We must fully strengthen international cooperation” and “exchange opinions on food security, energy security, stability of industrial and supply chains, regional issues, etc. And let’s develop in a reasonable direction.”
In addition, Xi stressed that Uzbekistan should “expand mutual support, solidify mutual trust, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and promote prosperity”, and in Kazakhstan, “Let’s continue to develop good-natured friendship and continue to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation.” .
Xi will visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on the 14th and 16th.
This is the first overseas visit in two years and eight months since his last visit to Myanmar in January 2020, when he stopped overseas trips due to the spread of Corona 19.
During this period, Xi will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and hold talks with Kazakh President Kasimzomart Tokayev and Uzbekistan President Shabkat Mirziyoev.
He will also meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the SCO summit.
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