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
