A meeting with the heads of Central Asian news agencies was held at the People's Assembly House in Beijing
The heads of the news agencies of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan met on Wednesday, May 24, in Beijing, at the House of People's Assemblies, with a high-ranking official of the Communist Party of China, a member of the Politburo and head of the propaganda department of the CPC Central Committee Li Shulei.
Li Shulei, in an interview with the guests, noted that the China-Central Asia summit held last week defined a new project of cooperation between the two sides, provided strategic guidance and planned the way for building an even closer Sino-Central Asian community of a common destiny.
The media of both sides should continue to strengthen cohesion and mutual trust, promote exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations, jointly promote relations between China and Central Asia, as well as peaceful regional development, he added.
The guests stated that they are ready to expand exchanges with Chinese media and deepen practical cooperation in this area, the issues of which were devoted to the forum of heads of news agencies "China-Central Asia", which was held in Beijing on Tuesday, May 23, a few days after the historic summit of the heads of six states was held in Xi'an.
The heads of agencies highly appreciated the results of the forum, where common tasks were outlined, primarily to promote economic information, peace-loving initiatives and mutually beneficial projects, as well as cultural and humanitarian dialogue between our countries.
Bekdurdy Amansaryev, CEO of MEDIA TURKMEN News Agency, editor-in-chief of ORIENT website, cited the gas pipeline connecting Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and China as a vivid example of a successful partnership between Central Asia and China. Its fourth branch D will also connect Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, thanks to which this project will be expanded to a six-party format.
In conclusion, Amansaryev cited Mao Tse's poems about winter plum, which is bitter in summer and autumn, and in winter, when there are no other fruits, it ripens and gives people all the sweetness accumulated during this time.
Relations between Central Asia and China have developed before, large cooperation projects have been implemented, but now the "winter plum period" has come in relations between the countries. The economic situation in the world requires the activation of cooperation between our six countries, he summed up.
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