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Xi Jinping and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon Jointly Meet the Press
Date: 2024-07-07
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs The People's Republic of China
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On the afternoon of  July 5, 2024 local time, President Xi Jinping and Tajik President  Emomali Rahmon jointly met the press after their talks at the  Presidential Palace in Dushanbe.

Xi  Jinping noted that he is back in Tajikistan for a state visit after a  gap of five years, and once again he feels the everlasting friendship  and brotherhood between the Chinese and Tajik peoples.

Xi  Jinping said that he just had rich and fruitful talks with President  Emomali Rahmon. They signed a joint statement announcing the  establishment of China-Tajikistan comprehensive strategic cooperative  partnership in the new era, and agreed to work together from a higher  starting point to build a China-Tajikistan community with a shared  future featuring everlasting friendship, solidarity and mutual benefit.  The two leaders witnessed the exchange of more than 20  inter-governmental and inter-departmental documents covering cooperation  in economy and trade, connectivity, minerals, security and  people-to-people exchanges. China-Tajikistan relations have gained a new  positioning, opening up new prospects for bilateral cooperation.

Xi  Jinping said he awarded the "Friendship Medal" of the People's Republic  of China to President Rahmon in recognition of his exceptional  contributions to the development of China-Tajikistan relations. This is  the first time the Chinese side has held a medal awarding ceremony  outside of China, which fully demonstrates the profound friendship of  the Chinese people toward President Rahmon and the people of Tajikistan.

Xi  Jinping emphasized that the two sides will, as always, firmly advance  friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation, steadfastly support each  other in pursuing a development path suited to each other's national  conditions, and safeguard their respective national sovereignty,  independence and territorial integrity. No matter how the international  situation changes, China will always be Tajikistan's trustworthy friend,  reliable partner and close brother. The two sides agreed to focus on  high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, promote the synergy of the two  countries' development strategies on all fronts, and help each other  advance the modernization drive. China is ready to import more quality  products from Tajikistan and continuously upgrade the quality and scale  of China-Tajikistan economic and trade cooperation. China will continue  to deepen cooperation on connectivity with Tajikistan and support  Tajikistan in further tapping into the potential of transit transport.  The two countries also need to deepen cooperation on mineral resources,  upgrade agricultural cooperation, and foster new growth areas in  cooperation on new quality productive forces such as new energy, digital  economy, artificial intelligence and e-commerce. The two sides are  ready to strengthen people-to-people exchanges and cooperation in an  all-round way to consolidate popular support for everlasting friendship  between the two countries. The two countries should make good use of  such platforms as the Sino-Tajik Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine  and the Luban Workshop, step up efforts to promote the establishment of  cultural centers in each other's countries, and support more exchanges  between the youth, media organizations, think tanks, women, and  educational institutions of the two countries.

Xi  Jinping pointed out that China and Tajikistan are determined to further  strengthen security cooperation, jointly crack down on the "three  forces" of terrorism, separatism and extremism, including the "East  Turkestan Islamic Movement," safeguard the border security of the two  countries, unequivocally oppose the interference by the third party in  the internal affairs of the two countries, and jointly safeguard the  security and stability of the region. The two sides will continue to  strengthen communication and coordination on the Afghan issue, jointly  participate in the cooperation of the Afghanistan-related mechanisms,  encourage the Afghan interim government to establish an inclusive  political framework, focus on development, and improve people's  livelihood, resolutely crack down on terrorism-related illegal and  criminal activities, and pursue good-neighborly friendship.

The  two sides spoke highly of the achievements of China-Central Asia  cooperation and are ready to uphold the principle of seeking truth from  facts and continuously improve and strengthen the China-Central Asia  mechanism. China has taken over the rotating Chairmanship of the  Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and will host the SCO summit in  China next year. President Rahmon is welcome to attend the summit and  jointly discuss plans for the development of the organization.

Xi  Jinping stressed that against the backdrop of the accelerated changes  in the world unseen in a century, the importance of strengthening  solidarity and collaboration in the international community has become  more prominent. China advocates an equal and orderly multipolar world  and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization. China  is ready to work with the Tajik side to actively implement the Global  Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global  Civilization Initiative, to contribute the two countries' strength to  the cause of world peace and development.

Emomali  Rahmon said President Xi Jinping's state visit to Tajikistan is an  important milestone in the history of Tajikistan-China relations, and  will inject strong new impetus into the development of the  Tajikistan-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in the  new era. Tajikistan and China enjoy good-neighborly friendship, and  bilateral relations have always been based on mutual understanding,  mutual trust and mutual support. Rahmon said during his talks with  President Xi Jinping, both leaders expressed satisfaction with the  high-level development of the comprehensive strategic cooperative  partnership between the two countries and the fruitful outcomes of  cooperation, and reached new common understandings on the future  development of bilateral relations. The two leaders jointly witnessed  the exchange of a series of important cooperation agreements, which will  strongly strengthen practical cooperation between the two countries in  various fields. Tajikistan welcomes more Chinese enterprises to invest  in Tajikistan and help the country accelerate its industrialization and  modernization drives. Tajikistan is ready to strengthen security  cooperation with China, combat the "three forces" of terrorism,  separatism and extremism, and safeguard the common security of the two  countries. Tajikistan and China are both peace-loving nations, and  Tajikistan is ready to continue close communication and cooperation with  China within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the  China-Central Asia mechanism and make positive contributions to regional  peace and stability. Rahmon also expressed his confidence that the two  countries will witness continued prosperity of China going forward.

Cai Qi and Wang Yi, among others, were present.

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