Cementing Central Asia relations

Warm welcome: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev greeting Xi upon his arrival in Astana. — Reuters

Chinese President Xi Jinping met Central Asian leaders at a summit in Kazakhstan, his second trip to the region in under a year.

The summit in Astana brings together Xi – who arrived in the Kazakh capital on Monday – and the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.