On the morning of August 31, President Xi Jinping met at the Tianjin Guest House with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, who is in China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2025 and the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

President Xi Jinping noted that since the beginning of the year, the two leaders have had two successful meetings, during which they made a comprehensive plan for the development of China-Kyrgyzstan relations and reached broad consensus on deepening all-round cooperation. China will continue to work with the Kyrgyz side to extend firm mutual support, strengthen the alignment of development strategies, jointly pursue modernization and national revitalization, and build a close China-Kyrgyzstan community with a shared future.

President Xi Jinping stressed that China and Kyrgyzstan should build on past foundation and make pioneering efforts to open new vistas for bilateral relations, and expand practical cooperation in both breadth and depth. The two countries should have a higher level of trade and investment, deepen connectivity, better harness science and technology, and expand cooperation in emerging areas such as clean energy, green minerals and artificial intelligence. The two countries should enhance cooperation in areas such as culture, tourism, education, and health, and foster greater amity between their peoples. China will fully support Kyrgyzstan in taking over the rotating presidency of the SCO and in playing a bigger role in international and regional affairs. China is ready to enhance coordination with the Kyrgyz side on multilateral occasions, and jointly defend the international system with the United Nations at its core, so as to make new contributions to peace and development in the world.

President Japarov noted that China is a good neighbor and a good friend of Kyrgyzstan. There is an old saying in China: “An amicable and close neighbor is an invaluable asset of a nation.” The most valuable advantage for Kyrgyzstan is to be the neighbor of China. Whenever in time of difficulty, the Kyrgyz side would always receive China’s firm support and assistance. Under the strong leadership of President Xi Jinping, China has achieved great development and grown into an important engine of the world economy. The Kyrgyz side is willing to learn from China’s experience, and enhance cooperation with China in areas such as connectivity, clean energy, artificial intelligence, and scientific and technological innovation, so as to bring more benefits to the people. On the Taiwan question and other issues concerning China’s core interests, the Kyrgyz side will, as always, firmly support China’s position. During China’s rotating presidency of the SCO, the organization has enhanced its influence, and made solid advances in cooperation across the board. The Kyrgyz side is willing to enhance coordination with China to push for new progress in the SCO’s development. The Kyrgyz side highly commends and supports the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative proposed by China, and stands ready to enhance multilateral coordination with China and jointly uphold international fairness and justice.

The two sides signed multiple bilateral cooperation documents in areas such as connectivity, human resources, civil aviation, and subnational cooperation.

Cai Qi, Wang Yi, Chen Min’er, among others, were present at the meeting.