Han Zheng calls for deeper strategic co-op with Ashgabat

BEIJING: Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng held talks from Beijing with Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister Berdymukhamedov and Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov, who are visiting Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, via video link on Tuesday.
Han, Chinese president of China-Turkmenistan Cooperation Committee, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, called for deeper strategic cooperation between the two sides.
Han said that China and Turkmenistan are good brothers, friends and partners and enjoy mutual trust. China-Turkmenistan relations have maintained a sound and stable momentum of development no matter what the change in international and regional situation since the establishment of diplomatic ties nearly 30 years ago.
Han pointed out China will earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, accelerate the docking of development strategies, and jointly promote cooperation in energy, agriculture, transportation, digital, aerospace, culture, security and other fields. – Agencies