"The most experienced politician" - Xi Jinping admired Emomali Rahmon

The Chinese President called the President of Tajikistan a wise and far-sighted politician, stressing that his proposals are extremely important

Chinese President Xi Jinping admired Tajik President Emomali Rahmon at the first summit with Central Asian leaders.

This was reported by the press service of the head of state.

"You are the most experienced politician among the heads of state who stood at the origins of the formation of the new statehood of Tajiks and the beginning of the creation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization," the head of China said.

Xi Jinping also called Rahmon a wise and far-sighted politician, stressing that his proposals are extremely important.

The Tajik leader, in turn, spoke about the importance of cooperation within the ongoing China-Central Asia summit.

Rahmon stressed that for 30 years, relations between the states of the region and China have been developing dynamically based on methods of mutual respect and trust.

"The meeting can become a unique and effective basis for expanding cooperation between our countries," the president of the republic says.

In addition, within the framework of the event, he proposed to intensify the development of regional economic partnership in the fields of industry, energy, investment and trade.

It should be noted that the China-Central Asia summit is being held in Xi'an on May 18-19. It is attended by Xi Jinping, as well as the presidents of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov and Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

Source: tj.sputniknews.ru