Turkmen president meets with Chinese defense minister

ASHKHABAD, April 26 — Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov met with the visiting Chinese language State Councilor and Protection Minister Common Wei Fenghe in Ashkhabad, capital of Turkmenistan on Tuesday.

Serdar Berdimuhamedov stated that Turkmenistan attaches nice significance to relations with China and the 2 nations have carried out high-level cooperation in politics, diplomacy, commerce, tradition, humanities and different fields and established the Turkmenistan-China strategic partnership. China is one in every of Turkmenistan’s largest buying and selling companions. There are greater than 1,400 Turkmen college students finding out in China, and plenty of universities in Turkmenistan have arrange Chinese language majors. It’s hoped that the 2 militaries will strengthen sensible cooperation in gear know-how and personnel coaching and collectively push for brand spanking new growth of Turkmenistan-China relations.

Common Wei Fenghe stated that below the strategic steering of the 2 heads of state, China-Turkmenistan relations have achieved leapfrog growth and are presently in the perfect interval in historical past. On the event of the thirtieth anniversary of the institution of diplomatic ties, China stands able to work with Turkmenistan to construct an excellent nearer China-Turkmenistan neighborhood with a shared future. China firmly helps Turkmenistan’s everlasting impartial standing, helps Turkmenistan’s pursuit of a growth path suited to its nationwide circumstances, and firmly opposes exterior interference in Turkmenistan’s inner affairs.

Common Wei Fenghe identified that in recent times, the military-to-military relations between the 2 nations have been creating steadily and the pragmatic cooperation has been deepening day-to-day. The Chinese language navy is keen to additional broaden cooperation areas with Turkmenistan, improve the cooperation effectiveness and attempt to raise China-Turkmenistan navy relations to the next stage.

On the identical day, Turkmenistan’s Protection Minister Begench Gundogdyev held a welcome ceremony for Common Wei Fenghe and had a proper speak with him. The 2 sides had an in-depth alternate of views on the worldwide and regional safety state of affairs, in addition to the problems of the Ukraine and Afghanistan. Each side agreed to take care of strategic communication, enhance personnel coaching and strengthen cooperation in counter-terrorism and gear know-how.