China’s top legislator Zhao Leji expressed readiness to further boost practical cooperation with Kyrgyzstan during an official goodwill visit from Wednesday to Thursday.
Zhao, chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, met with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and held talks with Kyrgyz Parliament Speaker Nurlanbek Turgunbek uulu in Bishkek during the visit.
When meeting with Japarov, Zhao first conveyed President Xi Jinping’s cordial greetings and best wishes.
Hailing the leapfrog development of bilateral relations as in their best shape ever, Zhao said that China is willing to work with Kyrgyzstan to follow the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, carry forward traditional friendship, enhance strategic mutual trust, and firmly support each other on issues concerning each other’s core interests.
He called on the two sides to expand trade and investment, advance the high quality construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway, and strengthen cooperation in areas such as cross-border road construction, modernization of ports, digital trade, and green energy.
