Tashkent (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Yi Wang Yi said Thursday that China is willing to further promote and strengthen China-Kazakhstan cooperation, with high-quality construction of the Belt and Road Initiative as the main task.

Wang made the remarks when meeting with Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mukhtar Teleuberdi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

Wang said that in February this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had a fruitful meeting, and agreed to work together to create another 30-year golden period of China-Kazakhstan relations, charting a path for the long-term development of bilateral relations. .

He noted that the two sides need to turn the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries into tangible results, continuously enrich the enduring comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, and promote the sound and stable development of bilateral relations.

He added that China is ready to intensify negotiations on plans for economic and trade cooperation between the two governments, as well as on a new investment protection agreement, and a plan for production and investment cooperation between the two sides, with priority given to implementing more livelihood projects in Kazakhstan .

Speaking highly of the development of permanent comprehensive strategic partnership between Kazakhstan and China, Teleuberdi said the important meeting between leaders of the two countries, held in February this year, was positive, pragmatic and fruitful.

He said that his country is ready to work with China to sincerely implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, and usher in a new golden period of 30 years of bilateral relations, adding that Kazakhstan has provided Chinese citizens with a 14-day visa-free stay system. It looks forward to continuing to facilitate people-to-people exchanges and deepen local exchanges and cooperation.

Teleuberdi thanked China for its support to his country in hosting the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA).

Wang said China supports Kazakhstan in assuming the role of presiding over the conference, raising the level of cooperation within the CICA framework, and making greater contributions to regional security and development.

The two sides also agreed to enhance coordination within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and to support Uzbekistan in playing its role as the country that holds the presidency of the organization, and in hosting the organization's summit in Samarkand.

The two sides called for joint efforts to maintain the stability of the production and supply chain in Eurasia, the smooth operation of freight trains between China and Europe, and to play a constructive role in effectively addressing global food and energy security challenges.

The two sides also praised the role and prospects of the meeting mechanism of China and the five Central Asian countries, adding that they will implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries at the virtual summit between China and Central Asian countries, with a focus on priority areas such as transportation, economy and trade, investment, industrial agriculture, and energy. , customs, people-to-people exchanges - to push mutually beneficial cooperation to a new level.