On June 11, 2010, Chinese President Hu Jintao met with his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in Tashkent.

Noting that recent years have witnessed healthy and stable development of China-Turkmenistan relations, Hu said the two sides have maintained close high-level contact, built up mutual trust to a high level, and made remarkable achievements in mutually beneficial cooperation in various areas. China and Turkmenistan have also steadfastly supported each other on major issues of mutual concern, and maintained good coordination on regional and international affairs, Hu added. Hu expressed satisfaction with the fruitful development of bilateral ties. He said the two sides should speed up the implementation of the consensus and agreements already reached, expand and deepen cooperation in a variety of areas, including trade, economy, energy and non-resource sectors, and thus push forward the development of their friendly and cooperative relations.

Berdymukhamedov said he fully agreed with Hu's comments on bilateral ties and important proposals on advancing bilateral ties. He said Turkmenistan-China relations had enjoyed continuous growth with a solid foundation and a broad prospect and the close contact between the heads of state played an important role in promoting bilateral cooperation. Berdymukhamedov also expressed willingness to work with China to strengthen practical cooperation in energy, non-resource sectors, infrastructure and other fields so as to push forward bilateral ties.

Ling Jihua, Wang Huning, Dai Bingguo and other officials attended the meeting.