Wang Qishan Meets with Kazakh President and Attends the Sixth CICA Summit

Kazakh President Kassym-jomart Tokayev met with Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan in Astana on October 13.

Wang Qishan conveyed President Xi Jinping’s cordial greetings and best wishes to Tokayev. Recalling President

Xi’s successful visit to Kazakhstan the previous month, Wang noted that the common understanding reached between the two heads of state to build a Chinakazakhstan community with a shared future defined by lasting friendship, a high degree of mutual trust, and sharing weal and woe has charted the course for the development of China-kazakhstan relations under the new circumstances. China is ready to work with Kazakhstan to implement the common understanding reached between the two heads of state, continue to firmly support each other’s core interests, share development opportunities, and effectively safeguard their common strategic security and development interests

Wang Qishan stressed that the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will be a gathering of great significance held at a critical moment as China embarks on a new journey to build a modern socialist country in all respects. This Congress aims to fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation by following a Chinese path to modernization, and set out goals and tasks for China to achieve during the next five years and beyond.

Tokayev asked Wang Qishan to convey his cordial greetings and best wishes to President Xi Jinping, and expressed high appreciation of China’s important role in CICA cooperation. He noted that developing relations with China has always been an important diplomatic priority of Kazakhstan. President Xi Jinping’s historic visit has become a new milestone in the development of bilateral relations. Kazakhstan will firmly support the Belt and Road Initiative, and work with China to continuously consolidate the permanent comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

He also said that the 20th National Congress of the CPC would be an epochmaking event, which will open a new chapter for China in building a modern socialist country in all respects and marching toward the Second Centenary Goal.

On the very same day, Wang Qishan attended and addressed the Sixth Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA).

He said that CICA needs to strengthen solidarity and coordination, properly tackle challenges, and endeavor to build an Asian community with a shared future. It needs to uphold mutual respect and mutual trust, implement the Global Security Initiative, pursue common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, and maintain peace and stability in Asia. It needs to uphold mutual benefit, actively implement the Global Development Initiative, speed up the realization of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and promote the development and prosperity of all Asian countries. It needs to uphold mutual learning, rise above differences in ideology and social system, and advocate harmonious coexistence among Asian civilizations. It needs to uphold fairness and justice, firmly support each other in following a development path suited to the national conditions of respective countries, uphold the Un-centered international system, champion true multilateralism, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Asian countries.