China, Central Asia vow to uphold multilateralism

Foreign Minister Wang Yi (third from left), Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Murat Nurtleu (center), Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev (second from left), Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin (second from right), Uzbek Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov (third from right), Turkmenistan's Ambassador to China Parahat Durdyev (right) and Secretary-General of the Secretariat of the China-Central Asia Mechanism Sun Weidong (left) pose for a group photo at the sixth China-Central Asia Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Saturday. - Xinhua

ALMATY: China and all five of its Central Asian neighbors have reached fresh consensus and made productive action plans for shoring up free trade, building up connectivity and upholding multilateralism, as their senior diplomats met on Saturday (April 26) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, for the sixth China-Central Asia Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

The senior diplomats engaged in in-depth discussions on advancing China-Central Asia cooperation in various aspects. The meeting was expected to pave the way for the second China-Central Asia Summit, which will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, in June.