November 6, 2015

China, Kazakhstan agree to jointly speed up Silk Road construction

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Friday 06 Nov 2015 - 18:51 Makkah mean time-24-1-1437

Pic: Xinhua News Agency

Beijing (IINA) – China and Kazakhstan agreed on Friday to establish a joint working group to promote the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The agreement was reached in talks between Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli and First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev, who is currently visiting China.
According to a Foreign Ministry press release, the two sides agreed on production capacity cooperation and to speed up related financing, strengthen communication, promote infrastructure construction including roads and railways, and to make better use of the Horgos border crossing in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the international logistics cooperation base in Lianyungang port of Jiangsu Province.
The two countries should further expand reciprocal cooperation in all areas, Zhang said.
Sagintayev said Kazakhstan was firm on cooperation with China, a friendly neighbor and strategic partner of his country, and that Kazakhstan was ready to work with China to strengthen bilateral cooperation and maintain a smooth development of the bilateral relations.
AB/IINA

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