ALMATY, April 16 (Xinhua) -- An international academic seminar titled "China-Kazakhstan Community with a Shared Future: Prospects for All-round Cooperation under New Geopolitical Realities" was held on Thursday in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
More than 30 experts and scholars from Kazakh universities and research institutes attended the event, exchanging views on topics including building a China-Kazakhstan community with a shared future, energy cooperation and mutual learning among civilizations.
Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Han Chunlin said in a speech that both China and Kazakhstan are at critical stages of their respective development and national rejuvenation. As partners on the path toward modernization, China stands ready to work with Kazakhstan to consolidate and advance bilateral relations and promote the building of a China-Kazakhstan community with a shared future defined by lasting friendship, a high degree of mutual trust, sharing weal and woe and shared prosperity.
Such efforts, he said, will bring more benefits to the two peoples and inject greater stability and certainty into a turbulent international and regional landscape.
Bulat Sultanov, chairman of Kazakhstan's Belt and Road Experts and Scholars Club, said that amid a complex and rapidly changing international environment, it is of great importance for Kazakhstan to strengthen stable and mutually beneficial cooperation with its external partners.
He expressed hope that the seminar would serve as an opportunity for the exchange of constructive views on the current state and future prospects of the Kazakhstan-China permanent comprehensive strategic partnership.
The seminar was jointly organized by the Consulate General of China in Almaty, Kazakhstan's Belt and Road Experts and Scholars Club and the Research Institute for International and Regional Cooperation at the Kazakh-German University.
