Chinese premier meets Kyrgyz PM

TIANJIN, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday met with Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev, who is in north China's Tianjin for the 2025 Summer Davos.

Li said that under the strategic guidance of the heads of state of the two countries, China-Kyrgyzstan relations have achieved leapfrog development in recent years, and comprehensive cooperation has reached new heights.

China is willing to work with Kyrgyzstan continuously to enrich the China-Kyrgyzstan comprehensive strategic partnership for the new era, build a closer China-Kyrgyzstan community with a shared future, and move forward hand-in-hand on the road to modernization.

Noting that China and Kyrgyzstan are neighbors with complementary industries, Li said China is ready to enhance the alignment of development strategies with Kyrgyzstan, focus on key areas, emphasize practical results, and increase the scale and efficiency of cooperation.

Both sides should make good use of the inter-governmental economic and trade cooperation committee mechanism, and strive to reach a high-level agreement on trade in services and investment as soon as possible, Li added.

He called on the two countries to steadily advance the construction of interconnection projects such as the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway, and to create highlights of cooperation in emerging fields.

China is ready to import more high-quality and distinctive commodities from Kyrgyzstan, encourages Chinese enterprises to invest and start businesses in Kyrgyzstan, and hopes that the Kyrgyz side will continue to optimize its business environment, Li said.

He also called for personnel exchanges between the two countries to be facilitated further, for multilateral cooperation to be strengthened, for unilateralism and protectionism to be opposed, and for free trade and the stability of global production and supply chains to be safeguarded.

Kasymaliev said that the Kyrgyz side has great appreciation for the remarkable achievements China has made in promoting the development of new quality productive forces, adheres to the one-China principle, opposes any act of interference in China's internal affairs under the guise of the Taiwan question, and opposes any form of "Taiwan independence."

Kyrgyzstan is willing to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with China in trade, investment, finance, connectivity and other fields, and stands ready to coordinate and cooperate closely within such frameworks as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the China-Central Asia mechanism, he noted. Kyrgyzstan is ready to work with China to oppose unilateralism and protectionism, and promote bilateral relations to reach higher levels, he added. ■