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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
ASTANA, June 17 (Xinhua) — China and Central Asian countries have agreed to further facilitate people-to-people exchanges, a joint initiative to that effect was adopted on Tuesday.
China and the five Central Asian countries – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – expressed their willingness to improve the connectivity of roads and railways, upgrade relevant infrastructure and supporting facilities, and create favorable conditions for the cross-border movement of people and goods.
All parties expressed their intention to launch more direct flights between China and Central Asian countries, strengthen cooperation in the field of tourism, and launch the international cultural and tourist train “China – Central Asia”.
The six countries intend to expand bilateral student exchanges and continue to establish and strengthen sister city ties at the provincial/regional and city levels.
In addition, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have declared their readiness to accelerate the modernization of border checkpoint infrastructure. –0–