China’s Foreign Minister on a working visit to Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN, September 12, 2020 – The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and the First President, Leader of the Nation Nursultan Nazarbayev, have received a member of the State Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Wang Yi. During these meetings, the parties discussed issues of strengthening mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation in various fields.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tilieuberdi also held talks with the Chinese Minister.

During the talks, the parties reaffirmed their commitment to the previously reached agreements at the highest and high levels, and exchanged views on the further development of political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian interaction between the two countries. In addition, they discussed the issues of strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation within integration of the Nurly Zhol program and the Belt and Road Initiative, as well as such international organizations, forums and dialogue platforms as the UN, SCO, CICA and “Central Asia - China”.

The foreign ministers agreed to intensify interaction in joint counteraction to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to hold a number of important bilateral events via video conferencing by the end of this year.

Following the negotiations, the ministers reached a number of important agreements on key issues of the Kazakh-Chinese eternal all-round strategic partnership.