On the morning of July 3, President Xi Jinping held talks with President Tokayev at the Presidential Palace in Astana. After the talks, the two heads of state signed the Joint Declaration of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Kazakhstan (Chinese:《中华人民共和国和哈萨克斯坦共和国联合声明》)[7] and witnessed the exchange of dozens of bilateral cooperation documents in the fields of economy and trade, connectivity, aerospace, education and media. At noon on the same day, President Xi attended a welcome banquet hosted by President Tokayev.[8]
At noon on July 3, President Xi and President Tokayev attended the opening ceremony of the China-Europe Trans-Caspian Express by video at the Presidential Palace in Astana.[9] This is the first time that a Chinese vehicle arrived at a Caspian Sea coastal port by direct road transportation.[10][11]
On the evening of July 4, President Xi arrived in Dushanbe for a state visit to Tajikistan. President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan led the Speaker of the Upper House of Parliament and Mayor of DushanbeRustam Emomali, Foreign Minister Muhreddin and other senior officials to meet him. Rahmon held a grand welcome ceremony for Xi at the airport.[24][25][26]
On the afternoon of July 5, President Xi and President Rahmon attended the inauguration ceremony of the Chinese-aided parliament building and government building in Dushanbe.[27][28] The China-aided Tajikistan Parliament Building and Government Building project is the first time that China adopts the joint design mode in foreign aid projects, and adopts Tajikistan's architectural style and China's construction technology, which is an important achievement of the "Belt and Road Initiative" jointly constructed by the two countries.[29][30]
On the afternoon of July 5, President Xi and President Rahmon met with journalists after talks at the Presidential Palace in Dushanbe.[31] The two countries signed a joint statement announcing the establishment of a new era of China-Tajikistan comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership (Chinese:《中华人民共和国和塔吉克斯坦共和国关于发展新时代全面战略合作伙伴关系的联合声明》),[32][33][34] and unanimously decided to work together from a higher starting point to build a China-Tajikistan community of destiny that will be friendly, mutually beneficial and win-win for generations.[35] The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will provide Tajikistan with a soft loan of $500 million for the construction of the Rogun hydropower plant.[36] President Xi Jinping also presented the Order of Friendship to President Rahmon at the Presidential Palace in Dushanbe.[37]
On the afternoon of July 6, President Xi returned to Beijing after his state visit.[38][39]
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The 2023 Brazil–China summit was a four-day state visit by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the President of Brazil, to China from 11 to 14 April 2023. It was Lula's first visit to China since his third taking office in January 2023. He was accompanied by a delegation of more than 240 CEOs, politicians and government officials and met with the Brazilian business community in China. He also met with Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of China, to discuss various issues, especially the ongoing war in Ukraine and Brazil–China's potential roles as a mediators between Russia and the West.
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From May 28 to May 31, 2024, the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) visited South Korea and China for the first time as UAE Head of State.
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At the invitation of President Johannes Rau of the Federal Republic of Germany, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Leader of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, President Olusegun Obasanjo of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Ben Ali of the Republic of Tunisia, President Seyed Mohammad Khatami of the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Jiang Zemin pays a state visit to these five countries from April 8 to 22, 2002. During the visit, China signed a number of cooperation documents with the three countries, covering a wide range of areas such as trade and economy, culture, agriculture, science and technology, education, oil and gas, telecommunications and transportation.
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From September 14 to 16, 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in Samarkand, and pay state visits to the Republic of Kazakhstan and Uzberkistan at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Tokaev and the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Mirziyoyev.
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