Accelerate the docking of development strategies, deepen security cooperation, and upgrade China Turkey relations to a comprehensive strategic partner

Subsequently, the two heads of state held talks in the Great Hall of the People. The two heads of state announced to upgrade China Turkey relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership.
  China is willing to work with Turkey to continuously deepen all-round cooperation, promote the establishment of a community of common destiny between China and Turkey, and make bilateral relations develop at a higher level.
  The two countries should speed up the docking of development strategies and provide support for bilateral relations with tangible cooperation results. In the face of new international and regional situations and challenges, the two sides should deepen cooperation in law enforcement, security and biosafety, jointly combat the "three forces", and firmly build a security barrier to safeguard the development of the two countries. The two sides should strengthen exchanges in all fields and at all levels, carry out people to people and cultural cooperation, deepen people's feelings, and consolidate the public opinion and social foundation for the sustainable and healthy development of bilateral relations.
  Natural gas cooperation is the cornerstone of China Turkey relations, and expanding natural gas cooperation is in line with the strategic and long-term interests of both sides. The two sides should speed up the implementation of cooperation on major projects, fully tap the potential for cooperation in green energy, natural gas utilization and other fields, and forge cooperation across the industry chain. The two sides should steadily promote economic and trade cooperation, implement the Sino Turkish Government's Cooperation Plan on Expanding Economic Relations, and explore new ways and means to expand bilateral economic and trade cooperation. China supports more competent Chinese enterprises to invest in Turkey. China and Turkmenistan have actively carried out vaccine cooperation, which fully reflects the cooperation concept of helping each other through thick and thin. Both sides should continue to strengthen medical and health cooperation and exchanges and mutual learning in the field of traditional medicine. Turkey is willing to work with China to upgrade bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership and jointly promote the establishment of a community of common destiny between Turkey and China, bringing more benefits to the two peoples.
Turkey spoke highly of the achievements in the development of bilateral relations, and was proud of the high-level mutual trust and cooperation between the two countries. It was willing to strengthen mutual visits and exchanges with China, learn from China's successful development experience, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in all aspects, and achieve common development. Turkey firmly supports China in safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and firmly opposes any attempt to split China. Turkey is willing to actively promote the docking of the "Revitalizing the Silk Road" strategy with the "the Belt and Road" initiative, further expand economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, strengthen energy cooperation such as natural gas, and promote connectivity construction such as cross-border railways to better benefit the two peoples. Turkey also looks forward to closer cultural, educational and other people to people exchanges and cooperation in medical and health fields with China. Turkey speaks highly of and fully supports the "China+five Central Asian countries" cooperation mechanism, and is willing to actively support China in successfully hosting the "China+five Central Asian countries" summit to jointly safeguard regional security and development.
After the talks, the heads of state of China and Turkmenistan signed and issued the Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and Turkmenistan, jointly witnessing the signing of cooperation documents in the fields of "the the Belt and Road", green development, digital economy, health, culture, sports, news media, natural gas, etc.
Ding Xiaoxing, a researcher of the China Institute of Modern International Relations, said in an interview with the Global Times on the 6th that China and Turkmenistan are highly complementary in cooperation projects and have broad prospects for development. Turkmenistan has always advocated the "rejuvenation of the Silk Road", encouraged regional connectivity, and developed multi field cooperation under the framework of the "the Belt and Road". It is worth emphasizing that the most solid foundation of China Turkmenistan cooperation is natural gas cooperation. Natural gas is Turkmenistan's pillar industry, while China is Turkmenistan's largest and most stable natural gas market. From the current situation, China is the most reliable market for Turkmenistan to increase production and expand exports in the future.
Berdymukhamedov published an article in Turkmenistan's Neutral News on the 6th, saying that the Turkmenistan China natural gas pipeline has become the largest energy cooperation project in the Asian continent. The success of the pipeline project lays the foundation for the future architecture of the international energy partnership, has a positive impact on the overall situation in Asia, and makes the regional political and economic system more stable.
Wang Dehua, former director of the South Asia and Central Asia Institute of the Shanghai International Studies Center, said that Turkmenistan is a very important partner of China in Central Asia. Central Asia is an important fulcrum to open up the three major Eurasian continental bridges. Turkmenistan has also become an important geopolitical region connecting Asia and Europe.
Ding Xiaoxing believes that China and Turkmenistan have always had high political mutual trust, reached consensus in the field of cooperation, cooperated with each other on the international stage and supported each other in practical cooperation. In terms of China Turkey relations, this visit not only shows Turkmenistan's importance to China, but also shows China's strategic thinking on managing the "one east and one west" surrounding area - Philippine President Marcos just concluded his visit to China on the 5th, referring to the Philippines (east Asia) in the east and Turkmenistan (west Asia) in the west.