The city of Sien in the north-west of the PRC adopted May 18-19 the first summit “China-Central Asia” (C+C5).
The event organized at the initiative of Beijing in the city, which is considered the starting point of the “Great Silk Road”, was held in a period of a regular for geopolitical processes to deepen the economic and political relations of the PRC with the countries of Central Asia.
C+C5 came for a time when the influence of Moscow in Central Asia is reduced against the backdrop of the commissioning of the Russian army into Ukraine, and the US actions in the Indo-Pacific region are parallel. Therefore, discussions in Sian were perceived as a signal for the course of promoting the interests of the PRC in Central Asia, as evidenced by Beijing’s statements on the issues of sovereignty, development and security of the countries of this region.
At the same time, the dates of the C+C5 summit were close to the time of the GREAT SEMMETS Summit in Hiroshim, which became an indicator of the geopolitical struggle of the two largest economies in the world.
President of Kazakhstan, President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdymukhamedov and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyev adopted the final declaration of the summit, according to “China, strongly supported the development path of the Central States A Ziya, Efforts to protect national independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as their independent, independent foreign and domestic policy. “
The parties expressed a single position that the development of fruitful multifaceted cooperation between the states of Central Asia and China meets the indigenous interests of all countries and their peoples. “Against the backdrop of the parties unprecedented over a century, based on the favorable prospects for the peoples of the region, they confirm the desire to jointly create a closer community of the unified fate of Central Asia and China,” the text of the declaration said further.
At the same time, the parties confirmed the support of the protection of the indigenous interests of each other in the spirit of mutual understanding. The document contains a paragraph on the steady observance of the principle of “one China”.
At the same time, China authorities announced their readiness to allocate 26 billion yuan ($ 3.7 billion) for the development of Central Asia countries.
thereby, the summit participants actually announced the “new stage” of cooperation with the PRC.