Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have signed the Xi'an Declaration of the China-Central Asia Summit. Chinese President Xi Jinping told reporters on Friday.
"We have jointly signed the Xi'an Declaration of the China-Central Asia Summit, approved a list of meeting outcomes and outlined a plan for the future development of China-Central Asia relations," China Central Television quoted Xi Jinping as saying. The text of the declaration has not yet been made public.
The PRC leader noted that China and its Central Asian partners will firmly support each other in matters of sovereignty, independence, security and territorial integrity. In addition, the sides will respect each other's development paths chosen in accordance with the national conditions of each state and resolutely oppose any forceful interference in the internal affairs of the countries under any pretext.
"We will resolutely fight all forms of terrorism, separatism, extremism, drug smuggling and transnational organized crime," Xi Jinping said.
The Chinese leader noted that the parties intend to uphold the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, firmly uphold multilateralism and universally recognized international laws and norms of international relations, and uphold international justice.
The summit was held May 18-19 in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi province.
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Based on materials from TASS