Astana, March 27th—Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met here today with Yerlan Koshanov, Speaker of the lower house of Kazakhstan's Parliament and Chairman of the Amanat Party of Kazakhstan. 

Liu said, President Xi Jinping and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev jointly established China-Kazakhstan permanent comprehensive strategic partnership from a historical perspective, strategic height and with international vision, playing an important leading role in the long-term development of bilateral relations. The development of China-Kazakhstan relations over the past 30 years has shown that China and Kazakhstan are good partners for common development and prosperity, companions on the road to modernization, and maintainers and promoters of regional peace, security and prosperity. At present, both China and Kazakhstan have entered a critical stage of development and revitalization. Maintaining the healthy and stable development of China-Kazakhstan relations and deepening the comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two countries are in line with the common interests of the two countries and the expectations of the two peoples. The two sides should jointly and comprehensively implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, consolidate political mutual trust, accelerate the docking of development strategies, pursue high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and constantly promote the construction of the China-Kazakhstan community with a shared future for new results.   

Liu said, the CPC and the Amanat Party of Kazakhstan are both important political forces in respective countries and regions, shouldering the historical mission of building a strong country and delivering a better life for the people while facing challenges brought about by the accelerating changes unseen in a century. Last year, in the presence of the two heads of state, the two Parties exchanged the memorandum of exchange and cooperation. The CPC is willing to take this opportunity to work with the Amanat Party to implement the important consensus of the two heads of state, and by establishing a political party dialogue mechanism between the two countries, conduct regular visits and exchanges, and conduct in-depth communication on governance issues and important international and regional issues of common concern, strengthen cooperation on platforms such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Political Parties Forum and China-Central Asia political parties dialogue, promote bilateral relations for continued and in-depth development, and jointly maintain regional peace, stability and security. 

Koshanov said, both Kazakhstan and China have the proverb that "a close neighbor is better than a distant relative". China is Kazakhstan's closest neighbor. Kazakhstan has long been paying attention to China's economic and social development and is sincerely happy for the development and prosperity of its friendly neighbor. In recent years, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President Xi Jinping have met many times, which has greatly promoted the development of Kazakhstan-China relations. Thanks to frequent high-level exchanges, the permanent comprehensive strategic partnership between Kazakhstan and China has become more resilient, and will surely continue to reach new heights in the new "golden 30 years". The lower house of the Kazakh parliament is willing to deepen exchanges and cooperation with China's legislature in accordance with the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, and inject impetus into the friendly cooperation between the two sides in various fields. Kazakhstan thanks China for its support for the construction of "Just Kazakhstan" and Kazakhstan's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, fully supports China's position on issues related to Taiwan, Xinjiang, Xizang, human rights and other issues, and supports the three major global initiatives proposed by China. Kazakhstan is willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation with China within multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia. Political party exchanges play a unique leading role in the development of relations between the two countries and are an important supplement to traditional diplomacy. The CPC is an important partner of the Amanat Party. The signing of the memorandum of exchange and cooperation between the two Parties will help deepen the relationship between the two Parties and promote the interests of the country and the people. The Amanat Party fully agrees that the two Parties will further strengthen dialogue and cooperation and better implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state. 

The two sides also informed each other of the situation of respective countries. 

Aigul Kuspan, Chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security of the lower house of Kazakhstan's Parliament and head of Kazakhstan's parliamentary friendship group with China, Alibek Bakayev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Magerram Magerramov, head of the People’s Party faction, Daulet Karibek, Executive Secretary of the Amanat Party of Kazakhstan, and others were present.