President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev welcomed the Minister of Defense of the People's Republic of China Dong Jun, who is in Kazakhstan on an official visit, and noted his contribution to strengthening good neighborliness, friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation.

He emphasized that Kazakh-Chinese relations are at the highest level - an eternal comprehensive strategic partnership.

According to the Head of our state on the multilateral track, Kazakhstan and China have similar views on the main issues of regional and international security.

– We maintain a constructive dialogue and provide mutual support within the framework of the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia. We highly appreciate and support China's proposed initiatives for global development, global security and global civilization. I believe that they will make a positive contribution to strengthening the modern architecture of international security,” the President said.

In turn, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun thanked the Head of our state for his hospitality and noted the high level of preparation for the meeting of defense ministers of the SCO member states.
During the meeting, the parties noted their interest in developing peacekeeping, educational and military-technical cooperation.

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translated by Qazalem