Data Map: On June 24th, 2016, the Supreme Leader of president attended the 16th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO member states in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and delivered an important speech. Xinhua News Agency reporter Rao Aimin photo
China Net News June 7 (Reporter Qi Yibin) At the invitation of President Nazarbayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Supreme Leader of president of China paid a state visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan from today to 10, and attended the 17th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the opening ceremony of the special World Expo in Astana.
Li Huilai, Assistant Foreign Minister of China, said that this visit is the first visit by the Supreme Leader Chairman after China successfully hosted the "Belt and Road" international cooperation summit forum, and it is a major diplomatic action of China to Kazakhstan and Eurasia this year, which is of great significance to promoting the development of relations between China and Kazakhstan and other Eurasian countries, deepening mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, and promoting the sustained, healthy and stable development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Enhance the level of relations and jointly build the "Belt and Road"
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Kazakhstan. Over the past 25 years, China-Kazakhstan relations have maintained stable and healthy development. Kazakhstan is China’s comprehensive strategic partner, and the two sides have become a model of good-neighborly friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation.
This is the third visit to Kazakhstan by the Chairman of the Supreme Leader in four years. In September 2013, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader officially put forward the initiative of jointly building the Silk Road Economic Belt for the first time in Astana. In recent years, the "Silk Road Economic Belt" and Kazakhstan’s "Bright Road" new economic policy have been successfully docked, and one after another cooperation projects have become a reality, which has become a witness to the common prosperity of China and Kazakhstan under the framework of the "Belt and Road" construction.
At present, Kazakhstan is China’s largest trading partner in Central Asia and the largest foreign investment target country in Europe and Asia. Cooperation in traditional fields such as economy, trade and energy between the two countries has continued to deepen, cooperation in innovation, science and technology and cross-border logistics has flourished, people-to-people exchanges have become increasingly active, and traditional friendship has deepened.
Today, building the "Belt and Road" has become a great potential for upgrading China-Kazakhstan cooperation and bringing more benefits to the two peoples. During this visit, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader will have an in-depth exchange of views with President Nazarbayev on the docking of development strategies, the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields. The two heads of state will also witness the signing of a number of important cooperation documents in the fields of economy, trade, finance and water conservancy.
This year, Kazakhstan will host a special World Expo with the theme of "Future Energy". During his visit to Kazakhstan, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader will attend the opening ceremony of the World Expo, which is not only a strong support for Kazakhstan’s hosting of the Expo, but also shows China’s concern and attention to international energy, especially new energy issues. This year is also the year of China Tourism in Kazakhstan, and China and Kazakhstan can take this opportunity to expand cultural exchanges and cooperation between the two countries and further promote the communication between the two peoples.
Zhang Hanhui, China’s ambassador to Kazakhstan, said that the overall goal of China and Kazakhstan is to build a community of interests and destiny. Under this background, President Xi’s visit to Kazakhstan again has greatly promoted Sino-Kazakh relations. There is reason to believe that President Supreme Leader’s visit will definitely inject strong impetus into improving the level of China-Kazakhstan relations, deepening political mutual trust and promoting the "Belt and Road" cooperation.
Carrying forward the "Shanghai Spirit" and Expanding Multilateral Cooperation
The 17th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will be held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The Chairman of the Supreme Leader will attend the summit for the fifth year in a row, and discuss with the leaders of other countries in depth the new ideas and new measures for jointly coping with risk challenges and promoting common security, stability and development and revitalization under the new situation. After the summit, China will take over the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and host the summit in 2018.
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Long-term Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation among the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Since the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, member States have firmly adhered to the "Shanghai Spirit", solidly promoted cooperation in the fields of politics, security, economy and humanities, played a constructive role in regional and international affairs, and set a new model of international relations with win-win cooperation.
At this summit, China will propose to continue to carry forward the "Shanghai Spirit", put forward proposals and opinions on consolidating the unity and mutual trust of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and deepening cooperation in the fields of security, economy, humanities, organizational construction and foreign exchanges, introduce the relevant ideas of China taking over the rotating presidency, and work with all parties to promote the new development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
At the Astana Summit, India and Pakistan will formally join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which is the first expansion since its establishment, and will thus become the most populous and largest regional cooperation organization in the world, and its cooperation potential and international influence will further increase.
The member countries and observer countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are located along the Silk Road and are important partners in inheriting the spirit of the Silk Road and building the "Belt and Road". China promoted the "Belt and Road" cooperation on the platform of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and connected the "Belt and Road" construction with the development plans of the countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which won wide support.
Not long ago, all member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization sent high-level delegations to attend the "Belt and Road" international cooperation summit forum, which showed the enthusiasm of all parties in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to participate in the China Initiative. Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kayiyev believes that the "Belt and Road" has opened up new development space and prospects for Central Asia and is conducive to expanding multilateral cooperation among SCO member States.
In June 2016, at the Tashkent Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "In order to promote the overall economic development of the region, China has vigorously promoted ‘ Belt and Road ’ It is hoped that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will play an active role in this regard and create more opportunities for cooperation. " During the Astana Summit, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader will further discuss with the leaders of relevant countries the measures to deepen pragmatic cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative and jointly build a community of peripheral destiny.