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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) — China is willing to deepen cooperation with Central Asian countries and other countries in the field of ecology and environmental protection to jointly create new miracles of turning the desert into an oasis, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday.
June 17 marks the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. Guo Jiakun made the above statement at a regular briefing when answering a question about China and Central Asian countries’ joint efforts to overcome the Aral Sea ecological crisis, a cooperation that brings green hope to Central Asia’s “dry tears.”
Guo Jiakun recalled that desertification is a common challenge for both China and Central Asian countries. He stressed that for more than two years since the first China-Central Asia Summit in 2023, the two sides have been conducting in-depth joint scientific research and working on the reclamation of saline and alkaline lands, creating a demonstration zone of cotton fields with water-saving technologies. These efforts have been widely supported and fully approved by the local population.
According to the official, overcoming the Aral Sea ecological crisis is a clear example of China’s participation in global efforts to combat desertification. Having signed the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, China has actively implemented its provisions and carried out productive international cooperation on desertification prevention and control, thus giving impetus to the green development of countries in the Global South, Guo Jiakun added. -0-