Chinese President Hu Jintao held talks with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev

December 12, Chinese President Hu Jintao in Astana with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev held talks. Xinhua News Agency reporters Lan Hong and Guang She

Chinese President Hu Jintao on the 12th in Astana with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev held talks. The two sides on the Sino-Kazakh relations and of common concern in the international and regional issues of candid in-depth exchange of views on China-Kazakhstan strategic partnership and jointly promote the continuous development of relations and reached important consensus.

Hu pointed out that in recent years, joint efforts, Sino-Kazakh relations sustained, rapid and healthy development. Nature of strategic cooperation between the two countries growing, increasingly rich content of strategic cooperation, trade, energy, security, cultural and other fields fruitful. The two sides at the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and other multilateral frameworks AsiaInfo closely related to each other's core interests in a series of major issues and support each other. Practice has proved that the sustained, rapid and healthy development of bilateral ties in line with the common interests of the two countries and two peoples and long-term interests and conducive to regional peace, stability and development. China is ready to Kazakhstan to work together to enhance mutual political trust and promote pragmatic cooperation in various fields to promote China-Kazakhstan strategic partnership to a new level.

President Hu Jintao on the development of Sino-Kazakh relations the 5-point proposal. First, enhance political mutual trust. To maintain close contacts between top momentum of the two parliaments and governments to expand exchanges and cooperation in various sectors. Further develop China-Kazakhstan Cooperation Committee in the timely development of bilateral relations on issues related to guidance and coordination. To strengthen each other's core interests in relation to major issues of mutual support, mutual understanding and trust. Second, deepen cooperation in the energy sector. Effectively implement the China-Kazakhstan natural gas pipeline operations and security work, and to strengthen bilateral cooperation in mineral resources. Third is to promote non-resource fields. To intensify cooperation in the implementation of non-resource planning and its implementation of measures to give impetus to the implementation of the first cooperation projects, as soon as possible non-cooperation in the field of resources and efficiency of scale to drive pragmatic cooperation in various fields between the two countries have developed comprehensively. Fourth, strengthen financial cooperation, in particular, is financing, financial supervision and risk prevention, anti-money laundering and other cooperation. To intensify the implementation of the two sides signed a 10 billion U.S. dollars loan-related agreements, in order to deepen bilateral energy, minerals and non-resources, to create conditions for cooperation in the field. 5 is to expand cultural cooperation. Strengthening science and technology, education, culture, sports, tourism and other fields. The Chinese side welcomes more Chinese students went to Kazakhstan's youth, decided from 2010 to Kazakhstan to visit places from the Chinese government scholarship students every year 100 to 200. The two departments continue to work closely together to run the Confucius Institute, and cultural groups visits.

Nursultan Nazarbayev warmly welcomed Hu's visit to Kazakhstan, fully agreed with Hu on the development of bilateral relations, the 5-point proposal, said the China-Kazakhstan good-neighborly friendship, mutual trust and strategic partnership between the continuous development of the Kazakh side is satisfied. China pursues a good-neighborly and friendly policy, in order to promote the Asian and world peace, security, development has played an important role. Especially in the international financial crisis situation, China is not only strive to maintain its own economic growth, and to Kazakhstan, provided important financial support to help Kazakhstan to overcome the international financial crisis, the Kazakh side expressed its gratitude. Kazakhstan is willing to strengthen cooperation with China in trade, finance, infrastructure, energy, non-resource areas of practical cooperation. Kazakh side appreciates China for the proper handling of Urumchi "7.5" event the measures taken as well as the Central Asian countries jointly combat the "three evil forces" and the efforts that this is not only conducive to maintaining stability in Xinjiang, China, but also conducive to maintaining stability in Kazakhstan . Kazakhstan is willing to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, AsiaInfo organizations such as the cooperation of the Chinese Government decided to increase the quota of Kazakhstan to go to Chinese students thanked the Chinese side is willing to co-run two Confucius Institute in Kazakhstan.

Before the talks, Hu Jintao and Nazarbayev attended the completion ceremony of China-Kazakhstan natural gas pipeline. After the talks, the two heads of state attended the signing ceremony of cooperation documents between the two countries concerned and jointly meet the press.

The evening, Hu Jintao, President Nursultan Nazarbayev attended the welcome banquet held in his honor, and feast.

Ling Jihua, Wang Huning, Dai and others attended the above activities. (Xinhua Zhao Peng Liu Dongkai)

(Editor: Liu Ze-hua)