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China’s top diplomat Wang Yi vows stronger security, anti-terror ties with Tajikistan

  • Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe as part of four-day trip to Central Asia
  • Wang will also take part in an SCO foreign ministers’ meeting starting on Monday in Kazakh capital Astana

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon at his official residence in the capital Dushanbe on Saturday. Photo: Handout
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China aims to strengthen ties with Tajikistan under regional frameworks, its top diplomat has said, while pledging to “deepen security cooperation and resolutely combat all forms of terrorism” with the central Asian nation.
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Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who met Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe on Saturday, said China attached great importance to the needs of its neighbour and was committed to cooperation in emerging industries and economic development.

The Chinese side “firmly supports” the development strategies proposed by Rahmon that prioritise energy efficiency, food security, transport and industrialisation, Wang added, according to a statement from the Chinese side.

Apart from joining hands on security and anti-terror mechanisms, “the two sides can strengthen cooperation in the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the China-Central Asia mechanism, [so as to] safeguard the common interests of the two countries and other developing countries”, he was quoted as saying.

Wang’s visit to Dushanbe was part of a four-day trip to Tajikistan and Kazakhstan that will include an SCO foreign ministers’ meeting in Kazakh capital Astana starting on Monday.

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China and the five landlocked Central Asian countries – also including Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – formalised their cooperation mechanism during a high-profile summit hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping in the northwestern city of Xian a year ago.
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