Partnership with Turkmenistan advances

President Xi Jinping had a phone conversation with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the country’s president-elect, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, on March 16. They pledged to actively advance the pragmatic cooperation between the two countries to benefit the two peoples.

Xi hailed the strategic partnership between the two countries, saying bilateral cooperation in various fields has reached a historic high.

China attaches great importance to the relations with Turkmenistan and will continue to support its internal and external policies, resolutely oppose external forces interfering in its domestic affairs, and work together with Turkmenistan to build acn even closer community with a shared future, he said.

Xi stressed the need for both countries to continue to advance collaboration on energy and natural gas, and to promote Belt and Road cooperation to enlarge the scope of their mutually beneficial cooperation, in order to enhance the wellbeing of the two peoples.

The two Turkmen leaders spoke highly of the achievements in the development of bilateral ties in recent years and said Turkmenistan will continue to pursue the policy of friendly cooperation with China to boost pragmatic cooperation between the two countries.