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President Xi Jinping calls on China and Central Asian countries to promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.
China has unveiled eight major financial opening-up measures at the ongoing 2025 Lujiazui Forum held in Shanghai.
The European Union and Australia have agreed to negotiate security and defense partnership.
And in Canada,
a provincial leader is calling on his country to spell out a clear strategy for dealing with China.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on China and Central Asia to promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.
The top Chinese leader made a remark in a keynote speech at the second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana.
President Xi Jinping said China and Central Asian countries have forged a spirit of mutual respect,
mutual trust, mutual benefit, and mutual assistance.
He also held separate meetings with his counterparts from Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
The leader signed the Astana Declaration and a treaty regarding friendship and cooperation.