President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, First Deputy Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Ding Xuexiang, who arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the sixth meeting of the Turkmen-Chinese Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee, TDH reports.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the agenda of the 6th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee. As noted, in preparation for it, meetings of subcommittees were organized in such areas as trade and economic sphere, energy, transport and logistics, humanitarian and scientific-technical areas. At the upcoming negotiations in Ashgabat, promising vectors of partnership will be discussed. In this context, confidence was expressed that the results of the meeting would serve to bring friendly Turkmen-Chinese relations to new levels.

It was emphasized that the bilateral partnership, which is strategic and long-term in nature, is effectively developing at the highest state, government and ministerial levels. At the same time, inter-parliamentary and inter-party ties are intensifying. Interregional cooperation also received a new effective impetus.

It was noted that in recent years, Turkmen-Chinese cooperation in the political-diplomatic, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian spheres has acquired a qualitatively new content. For many years, China has been the largest foreign economic partner of Turkmenistan. Here, partnership in the energy sector can be cited as a clear example of mutually beneficial relations.

A special place in the interstate dialogue is given to humanitarian ties. A large number of young Turkmen citizens study at universities in China. Chinese is taught in a number of higher and secondary educational institutions in Turkmenistan. Specific examples of fruitful cooperation in this area are also the recent opening of the Year of Chinese Culture in Turkmenistan in Ashgabat and the holding of the Youth Forum of Central Asian Countries and China in Mary.

Turkmenistan and China also interact constructively at the regional level and within the framework of international organizations, primarily the UN.