President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a meeting with Ma Xingrui, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Communist Party Secretary of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Turanews.kz citing the Press Service of Akorda.
The meeting focused on the promotion of cross-regional cooperation taking into account Kazakhstan and Xinjiang’s successful interaction in many areas such as industry, transport, logistics, agriculture, and tourism.
During the meeting, the Kazakh President said that Kazakhstan attaches great importance to the strengthening of all-round cooperation with China in a spirit of strategic partnership and eternal friendship.
Tokayev noted that the two countries have an active and trust-based political dialogue at all levels and called China as one of the key trade partners of Kazakhstan.
Xingrui pointed out that the main purpose of his visit is to implement the strategic agreements reached between the Presidents of both countries.
“As a region of China, we are responsible for the country’s ties to the west. We consider Kazakhstan the most priority area of cooperation. In general, China’s cooperation with Kazakhstan is carried out through Xinjiang,” Xingrui said.
Xingrui also noted that Kazakhstan and China have close economic relations and announced the readiness to intensify mutually beneficial cooperation in agriculture, industry, energy, logistics, education, innovation, and other sectors.
