2025-06-17
53 分钟Hello and welcome to World Today, I'm Zhao Ying.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping says China stands ready to work with Kazakhstan to contribute more to regional and world peace and development with stability and positive energy of bilateral ties.
He made the remarks when meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Kasim Dzhomart Tokayev in Astana ahead of the second China-Central Asia Summit.
China-Kazakhstan relations have withstood the test of shifting international dynamics and consistently maintained high level performance.
This is attributed to the geographical advantage of being close neighbors as well as the historical legacy of enduring friendship.
It is also the natural choice of our two countries for common development.
China stands ready to work with Kazakhstan to steadfastly strengthen our friendship,
make concerted efforts to advance all-round cooperation and contribute more to regional and global peace and development with the stability and positive energy of the bilateral ties.
President Xi said the two countries should continue to support each other on issues involving core interests and major concerns and promote synergy of the development strategies.
He called on both sides to expand law enforcement and defense strategies,
jointly combat terrorism, separatism and extremism,
and added that the two sides should promote connectivity,
high-tech cooperation and green development.
For more, we are joined by Andy Mock,