Chinese FM to visit 3 Central Asian countries: spokeswoman

Foreign Minister Wang Yi's upcoming visit to three Central Asian countries will inject more positive energy into the building of a China-Central Asia community with a shared future, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press briefing in Beijing on Monday.

At the invitation of Kyrgyzstan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Zheenbek Kulubaev, Uzbekistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bakhtiyor Saidov, and Tajikistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Wang Yi, also member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, will visit the three countries and hold strategic dialogs respectively with their foreign ministers from November 19 to 22, Mao announced at the press briefing.

"Since the beginning of this year, President Xi Jinping has held multiple meetings with President Japarov, President Mirziyoyev, and President Rahmon, respectively, elevating China-Kyrgyzstan, China-Uzbekistan, and China-Tajikistan relations to new heights. To implement the consensus reached by the heads of state, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit the three countries and hold strategic dialogs respectively with their foreign ministers to exchange views on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of mutual concern," Mao said.

"We believe that this visit will help fully implement the outcomes of the second China-Central Asia Summit and the consensus reached between President Xi Jinping and the heads of state of the three countries. Guided by the China-Central Asia spirit, the visit will help enhance political mutual trust and traditional friendship, deepen high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and inject more positive energy into advancing the China-Central Asia community with a shared future and bilateral communities with a shared future," she said.

Chinese FM to visit 3 Central Asian countries: spokeswoman

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with visiting German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul in Beijing on Monday, to discuss relations between their two countries.

At the meeting, Han said that since the formation of Germany's new government, China and Germany have maintained high-level close interaction. In May this year, Han added, President Xi Jinping spoke with Chancellor Friedrich Merz over phone, providing strategic guidance for further deepening China-Germany relations.

Noting that China and Germany are important economic and trading partners which can achieve win-win results through mutually beneficial cooperation, Han said China is willing to work with Germany to deliver on the important common understandings reached between top leaders of the two countries, enhance communication and dialogue, and work to bring the China-Germany all-round strategic partnership to a new level.

Han said the Taiwan question is at the core of China's core interests, and China hopes that the German side will abide by the one-China principle. China also expects Germany, as a core major country in the European Union, to play an active role in promoting healthy development of China-EU relations, Han noted.

Speaking on the same occasion, Wadephul said the new German government attaches great importance to developing ties with China and firmly adheres to the one-China policy.

Germany looks forward to closer high-level exchanges with China and deepened cooperation on all fronts, and is willing to be a reliable partner of cooperation with China, Wadephul said.

Chinese vice president meets German foreign minister on relations