According tokazakhstanAccording to the news of the Presidential Palace website on the 28th, Kazakh President Tokayev recently went to Hainan to participate in the Bao’an Forum for Asia. When he met with Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, he expressed that he was looking forward to the Chinese PresidentXi JinpingIn early July he went to Kazakhstan on a state visit.

Russia’s TASS news agency reported that Kazakhstan currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and will host the regional security organization’s summit in the capital Astana from July 3 to 4.

China and Kazakhstan have close relations. In September 2022, Xi Jinping chose Kazakhstan as the first stop of his first foreign trip following the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, he visited Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, attending the SCO summit hosted by Uzbekistan. In 2023, Tokayev participated in the “China-Central Asia Summit” in May and the third “China-Central Asia Summit” in October.One Belt, One RoadBoth meetings were held with Xi Jinping at the summit.

When Xi Jinping met Tokayev in October last year, he said China firmly opposes external forces interfering in the internal affairs of Central Asian countries, supporting Kazakhstan’s role as the rotating chair of the SCO. and promotes cooperation in the organization. New level.

Furthermore, Bloomberg reported that Kazakhstan is the world’s largest uranium producer. As developed nations turn to nuclear power as a long-term energy source, uranium has become an increasingly important resource.

In May last year, Xi Jinping and Tokayev issued a joint statement after their meeting, noting that the two countries had agreed to take measures to safeguard the China-Kazakhstan crude oil pipeline and natural gas pipeline, “Continue to deepen cooperation in the fields of oil, natural gas, natural uranium and other fields,” and actively expand wind energy, photovoltaic, solar thermal, nuclear energy and other clean energy sectors.

“We continue to cooperate with international partners to develop our rich uranium, lithium, titanium and other rare earth element reserves in the most efficient manner,” Tokayev also said at the Boao Forum for Asia, according to Kazakhstan’s official release. He also praised China. The “One Belt, One Road” initiative also states that 80% of China’s land freight is exported to Europe through Kazakhstan.

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