Xi Jinping Meets with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon

On the afternoon of February 5, 2022, President Xi Jinping met with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, who was on a visit to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, at the Great Hall of the People.

Xi Jinping pointed out, since the establishment of China-Tajikistan diplomatic ties 30 years ago, bilateral relations have seen leapfrog development and reached the historic height of comprehensive strategic partnership. Tajikistan was the first country to sign Belt and Road cooperation documents with China, and both sides took the lead in establishing a development community and a security community, being ironclad friends in the real sense. Unbreakable political mutual trust and firm and strong mutual support are the most valuable experience of the long-lasting and steadfast China-Tajikistan relations. China is willing to work with Tajikistan to build on past achievements and work for new progress of China-Tajikistan relations.

Xi Jinping stressed, China firmly supports Tajikistan in safeguarding national independence, sovereignty and security, and supports the Tajik people in achieving the development goal of building a strong country and enriching the people. The two sides should seek great synergy between the development strategies of the two countries, earnestly implement the economic and trade cooperation plan between the two countries, and strengthen cooperation in green energy, digital economy, e-commerce and other fields. China is willing to expand imports of high-quality agricultural products from Tajikistan and speed up the construction of the Luban Workshop in Tajikistan, the first of its kind in Central Asia. The two sides should explore the implementation of more projects aimed at improving people's well-being, give full play to the role of joint prevention and control mechanism at border ports, and ensure the smooth and efficient functioning of the freight transport artery between China and Tajikistan. China is willing to continue to provide support and assistance for Tajikistan in fighting the pandemic. China stands ready to work with Tajikistan and other Central Asian countries to strengthen anti-terrorism cooperation, work together to address threats and challenges, and safeguard peace and tranquility in the region.

Rahmon said, I sincerely congratulate China on the successful opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Since the establishment of diplomatic ties 30 years ago, the two countries have continuously consolidated and developed good-neighborly and friendly relations in the spirit of mutual understanding and mutual support, becoming the most important comprehensive strategic partners that can trust each other. China has good friends all over the world, and it is also a good neighbor, good friend and good partner of Tajikistan. Further deepening the friendly and cooperative relations between Tajikistan and China was, is and will be Tajikistan's top diplomatic priority. Tajikistan thanks China for providing valuable help for the country's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and hopes to continue anti-pandemic cooperation. Tajikistan is willing to actively participate in the Belt and Road cooperation and promote cooperation in economy, trade, industry, energy, infrastructure and other fields under this framework. China is welcome to expand investment in Tajikistan, import more agricultural products from Tajikistan, and deepen people-to-people, cultural and educational exchanges and cooperation, among others. Tajikistan hopes to strengthen communication and coordination with China in international and regional affairs and jointly safeguard regional security and stability.

The two sides signed the Economic and Trade Cooperation Plan between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan (to 2025).

Ding Xuexiang, Yang Jiechi, Wang Yi, He Lifeng and others were present at the meeting.