On the afternoon of 29 November local time, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council met in Tashkent respectively with Prime Minister Zhantoro Satybaldiyev of Kyrgyzstan, Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov of Kazakhstan and Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda of Tajikistan.
When meeting with Satybaldiyev, Li Keqiang said that China and Kyrgyzstan are friendly neighbors, and the establishment of strategic partnership between the two countries has opened up a new era for the development of bilateral relations. China is ready to strengthen cooperation with Kyrgyzstan in the fields of energy, transportation infrastructure and animal husbandry, so as to promote common development, to push forward China-Kyrgyzstan relations to continue moving ahead and to benefit both peoples.
Satybaldiyev expressed that in recent years, bilateral relations have enjoyed rapid growth. The Kyrgyz side is grateful for China's support and is ready to expand cooperation with China in the fields of roads, railways and water resources development. Chinese businesses are welcomed to expand investment in Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan is ready to work with China to combat the "three evil forces".
When meeting with Akhmetov, Li Keqiang said that both China and Kazakhstan are major developing countries and bilateral relations enjoy broad prospects. Both sides should, from a strategic perspective and based on the principle of mutual benefit and win-win outcomes, advance practical cooperation, promote orderly progress of energy cooperation, strengthen cooperation on finance, agriculture and animal husbandry, leverage the role of bilateral cooperation committee mechanism and push for a dynamic balance of trade so as to boost all-dimensional development of bilateral relations.
Akhmetov expressed that Kazakhstan supports Premier Li Keqiang's proposal to accelerate regional connectivity raised at the Prime Ministers' Meeting of the SCO Member States. Kazakhstan is ready to work closely with China to leverage the role of Kazakhstan-China Prime Ministers' Regular Meeting and other mechanisms and to effectively implement cooperation on major projects in order to enhance the well-being of the people in the region.
When meeting with Rasulzoda, Li Keqiang expressed congratulations on the establishment of the new Tajik government. He said that China and Tajikistan are strategic partners. China supports Tajikistan's efforts to independently choose the development path and to safeguard state sovereignty, security and stability. China is ready to deepen cooperation with Tajikistan in the fields of energy, transportation and agriculture so as to push forward China-Tajikistan political mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation to a higher level.
Rasulzoda expressed that Tajikistan and China have conducted fruitful cooperation and it has strongly promoted economic growth and improvement of people's livelihood in Tajikistan. The Chinese side is welcomed to expand investment in Tajikistan and to carry out mutually beneficial cooperation so as to further enrich the contents of bilateral strategic partnership.