Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliev on Tuesday in Tianjin, where Kasymaliev is attending 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,
The Caspian Post reports citing
CGTN.
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 further facilitation of personnel exchanges between the two countries, strengthening multilateral cooperation, opposing unilateralism and protectionism, and safeguarding free trade and the stability of global production and supply chains.
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."
He said 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 frameworks such as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the China-Central Asia mechanism. Kyrgyzstan is ready to work with China to oppose unilateralism and protectionism and promote bilateral relations to reach higher levels, he added.
