Xi Meets Turkmenistan President in Tashkent

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov on Thursday and had a talk with him on the sideline of the 16th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan.

Xi pointed out that China attaches great importance to its relationship with Turkmenistan, and is willing to make joint efforts with Turkmenistan to further improve the cooperation in various fields and enrich the connotation of the strategic partnership between the two countries.

Xi stressed that the cooperation in the field of energy is a major part in the strategic partnership between the two countries. To well-perform the energy cooperation will be beneficial to the economic and social development for both countries.

The Chinese enterprises in Turkmenistan should actively get involved in the host country's public welfare undertakings while operating their business there, so as to return goodwill to the local people, Xi said.

China appreciates the support and participation of Turkmenistan in the "One Belt, One Road" construction, and expects it to take effective measures to improve infrastructure facilities for transportation, he said.

Xi said China is willing to start industrial cooperation with Turkmenistan, and continue to explore the way for bilateral agricultural cooperation. Both sides should keep a close contact in humanity cooperation.

Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov said that the strategic partnership of the two countries is consolidated. Turkmenistan is willing to have close government-to-government, parliament-to-parliament and people-to-people exchanges with China, while deepening cooperation in economy and trade, energy, logistics, telecommunication, high technology, humanity and international affairs.

He said Turkmenistan will adhere to the One-China policy and take an active part in the "One Belt and One road" construction.
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