Chinese leader Xi Jinping to pay state visits to Kazakhstan, Tajikistan

 

By James Edgar

Chinese President Xi Jinping left on Tuesday for state visits to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, during which he will attend a meeting of the Shanghai alliance countries in the Kazakh capital Astana.

The nine-member Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which spans a vast area of ​​the globe from Moscow to Beijing, is home to about half the world's population.

Its permanent members are Kazakhstan, this year's host country, India, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and, since last year, Iran.

This year, Belarus is expected to join the organization after being informed at the 2023 SCO summit, hosted virtually by India, that it would become a member.

“Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Tuesday morning for the 24th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Astana, and state visits to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan at the invitation of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan and President Emomali Rahmon of the Republic of Tajikistan,” the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Xinhua reported that Xi Jinping's entourage included Cai Qi, a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Monday that Beijing believes the SCO summit will “help build more consensus among all parties and contribute to promoting the security, stability and development of member countries” and advancing “lasting peace and common prosperity in the world.”

“In-depth” interviews

During Xi Jinping's trip to Kazakhstan — his fifth — he will attend various state events, including a welcoming ceremony, a signing ceremony and a banquet.

He will have “in-depth” talks with President Tokayev “on bilateral relations, cooperation in key areas and the regional and international landscape,” Mao said.

Xi will then travel to Tajikistan for his second state visit to China's western neighbor, where he will “draw up new plans for the growth of China-Tajikistan relations” with President Rahmon, the spokeswoman said.

Beijing has stepped up its diplomatic efforts in Central Asia, with Xi Jinping calling for deeper economic ties at a China-hosted summit in May attended by leaders from several countries in the region.

Central Asia is a key link in China's flagship international infrastructure development project, the Belt and Road.

Beijing has sought to fill a vacuum in the region created by Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, as former Soviet states fret over an increasingly belligerent Russia.

At the Central Asia Summit in May, China pledged to expand its transportation links with the region and advance the Central Asia-China gas pipeline project.

After the Astana meeting, China will assume the rotating presidency of the SCO for the period 2024-2025.

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