On July 15, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Murat Nurtleu in Tianjin.

Wang Yi noted that Kazakhstan successfully hosted the second China-Central Asia Summit last month, during which President Xi Jinping and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had in-depth and friendly strategic communication, writing a new chapter of good relations. The strong mutual trust and deep friendship between the two heads of state provide solid strategic guarantees for the steady and long-term development of China-Kazakhstan relations.

Wang Yi said that China and Kazakhstan are good neighbors with a high degree of mutual trust, good friends with mutual assistance in trying times, and good partners for mutual benefit and win-win outcomes. Under the personal guidance of the two heads of state, China-Kazakhstan relations are at their best in history. China has always placed Kazakhstan in an important position in its neighborhood diplomacy and is willing to work with Kazakhstan to firmly support each other, consolidate political mutual trust, create more new highlights of cooperation, and open up new prospects for bilateral relations. Noting that Kazakhstan is a founding member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Wang Yi stated that China looks forward to making joint efforts with Kazakhstan and other member states to ensure the complete success of the Tianjin summit and make plans for the future development of the SCO.

Murat Nurtleu congratulated China on the successful hosting of the Meeting of the SCO Foreign Ministers Council, expressing Kazakhstan's full support for all the cooperation initiatives proposed by China and its willingness to make positive contributions to the smooth convening of the Tianjin summit. China is a friendly neighbor, close friend, and trustworthy partner of Kazakhstan. Under the guidance of the two heads of state, the Kazakhstan-China permanent comprehensive strategic partnership has been elevated to a new level and reached new heights. Kazakhstan is willing to work with China to implement the common understandings reached by the two heads of state, prepare for high-level exchanges, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in areas such as economy, trade, investment, energy, railways, and industrial park construction, enhance people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and promote the continuous development of bilateral relations.