Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and China signed the Xi'an Declaration of the China-Central Asia Summit, reports TASS with reference to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

“We jointly signed the Xi'an Declaration of the “China-Central Asia” summit, approved the list of outcomes of the meeting and outlined a plan for the future development of China-Central Asia relations”, - the Chinese leader said.

Xi Jinping noted that China and the Central Asian countries will firmly support each other in matters of sovereignty, independence, security and territorial integrity. In addition, the parties 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 countries under any pretext.

The Chinese leader said the parties are committed to upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, firmly upholding multilateralism and universally recognized international laws and norms of international relations, and upholding international justice.

Let us remind that the summit in the Chinese city of Xi'an began today. It is attended by the leaders of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov is visiting the People's Republic of China for the second time this year. In January, he paid a state visit to this country, during which 15 cooperation documents were signed. And the day before, he held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as a result of which another package of documents on cooperation was signed.