President Xi Jinping meets with Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, June 17, 2025. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/chinadaily.com.cn]

ASTANA -- President Xi Jinping met here Tuesday with Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

Xi arrived in the Kazakh capital of Astana on Monday to attend the second China-Central Asia Summit.

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Xi urges China, Turkmenistan to expand scale of natural gas cooperation, explore cooperation in non-resource fields, optimize trade structure

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Xi urges China, Turkmenistan to accelerate establishment of cultural centers in each other's countries, promote people-to-people connectivity

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Xi says China supports Turkmenistan's accession to WTO

Source: Xinhua