习近平抵达杜尚别开始对塔吉克斯坦进行国事访问

发布时间：2024-07-05 08:59:44 | 来源：新华社 | 作者： | 责任编辑：丁素云

当地时间7月4日晚，国家主席习近平乘专机抵达杜尚别，应塔吉克斯坦共和国总统拉赫蒙邀请，对塔吉克斯坦进行国事访问。拉赫蒙在机场为习近平举行盛大隆重的迎宾仪式。新华社记者燕雁摄

新华社杜尚别7月4日电（记者马卓言　关建武）当地时间7月4日晚，国家主席习近平乘专机抵达杜尚别，应塔吉克斯坦共和国总统拉赫蒙邀请，对塔吉克斯坦进行国事访问。

当地时间7月4日晚，国家主席习近平乘专机抵达杜尚别，应塔吉克斯坦共和国总统拉赫蒙邀请，对塔吉克斯坦进行国事访问。专机抵达杜尚别国际机场时，塔吉克斯坦总统拉赫蒙率高级官员热情迎接。新华社记者鞠鹏摄

当地时间7月4日晚，国家主席习近平乘专机抵达杜尚别，应塔吉克斯坦共和国总统拉赫蒙邀请，对塔吉克斯坦进行国事访问。专机抵达杜尚别国际机场时，塔吉克斯坦总统拉赫蒙率高级官员热情迎接。塔吉克斯坦儿童向习近平献花，用中、塔文欢迎习近平到访。新华社记者鞠鹏摄

专机抵达杜尚别国际机场时，塔吉克斯坦总统拉赫蒙率议会上院议长兼杜尚别市长鲁斯塔姆、外长穆赫里丁等高级官员热情迎接。塔吉克斯坦儿童向习近平献花，用中、塔文欢迎习近平到访。

拉赫蒙在机场为习近平举行盛大隆重的迎宾仪式。

当地时间7月4日晚，国家主席习近平乘专机抵达杜尚别，应塔吉克斯坦共和国总统拉赫蒙邀请，对塔吉克斯坦进行国事访问。拉赫蒙在机场为习近平举行盛大隆重的迎宾仪式。新华社记者刘彬摄

1500多名身着民族盛装的塔吉克斯坦青年表演富有浓郁特色的中塔歌舞，挥舞中塔两国国旗，表达对中国最尊贵客人的热烈欢迎。

习近平发表机场书面讲话，向塔吉克斯坦政府和人民致以诚挚问候和良好祝愿。

习近平指出，中塔两国是守望相助的好邻居、相互支持的好朋友、互利共赢的好伙伴、肝胆相照的好兄弟。建交32年来，中塔关系持续快速健康发展，实现了从睦邻友好到战略伙伴关系，再到全面战略伙伴关系的飞跃，成为邻国间关系的典范。两国政治互信牢固，在涉及彼此核心利益问题上始终相互坚定支持。两国共建“一带一路”合作成果丰硕。我期待同拉赫蒙总统就新形势下中塔关系发展作出新规划、新部署，推动中塔全方位合作迈上更高水平。

蔡奇、王毅等陪同人员同机抵达。

中国驻塔吉克斯坦大使吉树民也到机场迎接。

习近平乘车从机场赴下榻饭店途中，中塔两国国旗迎风飘扬，当地华侨华人和中资机构代表列队挥舞中塔两国国旗，热烈欢迎习近平访问塔吉克斯坦。

习近平是在结束出席上海合作组织成员国元首理事会第二十四次会议并对哈萨克斯坦进行国事访问后赴杜尚别访问的。

习近平离开阿斯塔纳时，哈萨克斯坦总理别克捷诺夫、阿斯塔纳市长卡瑟姆别克等高级官员到机场送行。

习近平专机起飞后，哈萨克斯坦三架空军战机升空护航。

Xi kicks off state visit to Tajikistan, eyeing new heights in bilateral cooperation

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon holds a grand welcome ceremony for Chinese President Xi Jinping at the airport in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, July 4, 2024. Xi arrived here Thursday for a state visit to Tajikistan. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

by Xinhua writer Shi Xiaomeng

DUSHANBE, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here on Thursday night, commencing his state visit to Tajikistan following a busy schedule at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon welcomed Xi at the Dushanbe International Airport with a grand ceremony, where around 1,500 Tajik youths in traditional attire dancing and waving the national flags of China and Tajikistan.

Upon arrival, Xi expressed his anticipation for discussions with Rahmon to formulate new plans and arrangements for the development of China-Tajikistan relations in light of the new circumstances.

Xi said with concerted efforts from both countries, this visit is expected to be a complete success, elevating all-round cooperation between China and Tajikistan to new heights.

President Xi's state visit to Tajikistan will inject new and strong momentum into developing and strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, Rahmon told Xinhua in a recent interview.

Rahmon also said the China-Tajikistan relations have entered a new historical stage, opening up new prospects for extensive cooperation.

Recent years have seen close interactions between the two heads of state. During Xi's visit to Tajikistan in 2019, he was awarded the Order of the Crown from Rahmon in Dushanbe. Both countries pledged to build a China-Tajikistan development community and security community.

In May 2023, during the China-Central Asia Summit, the two leaders jointly announced the building of a China-Tajikistan community with a shared future featuring everlasting friendship, solidarity and mutual benefit.

"These initiatives and joint decisions to create a community have already yielded tangible results," said Abdugaffor Abdujabbor, former head of the International Relations Department of Tajikistan's Culture Ministry.

Abdujabbor highlighted two China-assisted edifices on Rudaki Avenue, the main thoroughfare of Dushanbe: the government building and the Parliament building, referring to them as new landmarks of the capital.

"This is the fruit of the friendship between our two leaders," he told Xinhua. "They share a great sympathy, pure friendship, and mutual understanding."

"Xi's words are matched by his actions; what he said is always felt in practice," he added.

Tajikistan is a neighbor of China. Trade between China and Tajikistan doubled from 2013 to 2023. China has become the largest source of investment in Tajikistan and its second-largest trading partner.

Tajikistan was among the first countries to support the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by Xi in 2013 and sign related cooperation agreements with China. Under the BRI framework, a series of China-Tajikistan cooperation and aid projects have been implemented in key areas such as infrastructure, metallurgy, energy, cement, and the cotton textile industry.

"The space for practical cooperation between China and Tajikistan is broad, and the prospects are promising," Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Ji Shumin told Xinhua.

The two countries firmly support each other on issues concerning their core interests, Ji said. Both countries have suffered from the "three evil forces" of terrorism, extremism, and separatism and advocate for a common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security concept, he added.

On the streets of Dushanbe, many young people can speak Chinese, and it's common to hear locals greeting visitors from China with "Nihao," which means "hello" in Mandarin.

"In Tajikistan, there has been a noticeable increasing interest in China, in the study of the Chinese experience of modernization, Chinese culture and language," said Abdurakhim Juraev, professor at the Tajik State University of Law, Business and Politics in Khujand.

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of Tajik students attending Confucius Institutes in their country or studying in China. Take the Confucius Institute at the Tajik National University as an example. Since its establishment in August 2008, the institute has trained nearly 39,000 Chinese language learners.

The Luban Workshop in Tajikistan, co-founded by China's Tianjin Urban Construction Management and Vocation Technology College and Tajik Technical University, has been training skilled professionals, contributing to Tajikistan's vocational education, industrialization, and modernization efforts.

The visit of President Xi, said Juraev, will give new impetus to cooperation between the two countries and will contribute to the overall prosperity of Central Asia. ■

Chinese President Xi Jinping is warmly welcomed by Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and a group of Tajik senior officials upon his arrival at the airport in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, July 4, 2024. Xi arrived here Thursday for a state visit to Tajikistan. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

A Tajik child presents flowers to Chinese President Xi Jinping upon his arrival at the airport in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, July 4, 2024. Xi arrived here Thursday for a state visit to Tajikistan. Xi was warmly welcomed by Rahmon and a group of Tajik senior officials upon his arrival. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

This photo taken on July 4, 2024 shows three Kazakh Air Force jets escorting Chinese President Xi Jinping's plane after it takes off. Xi arrived in Dushanbe on Thursday for a state visit to Tajikistan. Xi landed in Dushanbe after attending the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Astana, and a state visit to Kazakhstan. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

A grand welcome ceremony is held by Tajik President Emomali Rahmon to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping at the airport in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, July 4, 2024. Xi arrived here Thursday for a state visit to Tajikistan. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)