Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan and China compared notes on issues of bilateral cooperation

  

Nur-Sultan, June 7, 2022 – Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan held talks with Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China, who arrived in Kazakhstan on an official visit to participate in the Third China + Central Asia Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

The Foreign Ministers commended that over 30 years of diplomatic relations, Kazakhstan and China have established a permanent comprehensive strategic partnership.

Mukhtar Tileuberdi emphasized the importance of joining efforts to stimulate mutual trade, strengthen cooperation in transit, transport and logistics, and resume human resource exchanges and passenger flights. He briefed his counterpart on the large-scale political and socio-economic reforms being implemented in the country.

The Chinese diplomat highly appreciated the development of Kazakh-Chinese cooperation and noted the importance of China + Central Asia Meetings in the context of current complex geopolitical shifts.

The parties discussed prospects for bilateral political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation, as well as cooperation within international organisations and forums, such as the UN, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia. The parties exchanged views on pressing issues on the regional and global agenda.

The visit of Wang Yi provided further impetus to the strengthening of partnership and mutually beneficial cooperation between Nur-Sultan and Beijing in bilateral and multilateral formats.

During the visit, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev also received the Chinese Foreign Minister.