On the morning of June 17, 2025 local time, President Xi Jinping met with Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov on the sidelines of the second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana.

Xi Jinping noted that China and Turkmenistan enjoy solid political trust, strong desire for cooperation, and great complementarity. China is ready to work with Turkmenistan to fully unleash cooperation potential and comprehensively expand the depth, breadth and scale of bilateral cooperation based on mutual respect and win-win cooperation to build a China-Turkmenistan community with a shared future. Both sides should implement the strategic synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative and the initiative to revive the Great Silk Road, scale up natural gas cooperation, expand cooperation in non-resource fields, optimize trade structure, and enhance regional connectivity. On the basis of holding culture years in each other's countries, the two sides should organize more people-to-people exchange events, accelerate the establishment of cultural centers in each other's countries and promote people-to-people bonds. Both countries should further strengthen cooperation on law enforcement, security and defense, jointly combat the "three forces" of terrorism, separatism and extremism, and promote the level of cybersecurity cooperation.

Xi Jinping emphasized that China will stay committed to fostering an amicable, secure and prosperous neighborhood, and the principle of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness, and take high-quality Belt and Road cooperation as the main platform to work with neighboring countries, including Turkmenistan, to build a better future. China supports Turkmenistan's accession to the World Trade Organization and its successful hosting of the Fifth Foreign Ministers' Meeting among the Neighboring Countries of Afghanistan, and is glad to see Turkmenistan, as a permanently neutral country, play a greater constructive role in international affairs. China is ready to enhance coordination and cooperation with Turkmenistan on international and regional issues, jointly uphold the multilateral trading system and safeguard the common interests of the Global South.

Serdar Berdimuhamedov expressed his delight in meeting with President Xi Jinping during the China-Central Asia Summit, and expressed the belief that the summit will not only promote cooperation between Central Asian countries and China but also enhance bilateral cooperation between Turkmenistan and China. The comprehensive and in-depth development of Turkmenistan-China relations holds key strategic significance. Turkmenistan is willing to fully expand cooperation with China, increase natural gas exports to China, deepen cooperation in non-resource sectors such as machinery manufacturing and textiles, strengthen connectivity, promote people-to-people exchanges in education and culture, intensify law enforcement and security cooperation, and enhance coordination and cooperation with China on multilateral platforms such as the United Nations to uphold international fairness and justice.

After the meeting, the two heads of state jointly witnessed the announcement and signing of the intergovernmental economic and technical cooperation agreement between the two countries.

Cai Qi, Wang Yi, and others were present at the above events.