Joint Statement Between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Tajikistan

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May 18, 2023

  1. At the invitation of President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, President Emomali Rahmon of the Republic of Tajikistan will pay a state visit to the People’s Republic of China from May 16 to 19, 2023. The two heads of state held talks in a cordial and friendly atmosphere and exchanged in-depth views on mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields and international and regional issues of common concern.
  2. The two sides spoke highly of the fruitful results of cooperation in various fields since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries 31 years ago, and agreed that the joint statements, joint declarations and treaties signed by the two sides have laid a solid legal foundation for the development of bilateral relations. Under the guidance of the principles of mutual respect, good-neighborly friendship, solidarity, and mutual benefit, the two sides will continue to deepen political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, and consolidate traditional friendship on the basis of abiding by the norms of international law and respecting each other’s interests. Based on the high-level cooperation between the two countries and the common desire to deepen bilateral relations, the two sides are committed to building a community of shared future featuring friendship from generation to generation, sharing weal and woe, and mutual benefit.
  3. The two sides emphasized that China and Tajikistan are in a critical period of national development and national rejuvenation. The Tajik side warmly congratulated on the complete success of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping’s re-election as General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and State President, and spoke highly of China’s great achievements in economic and social development in the past 10 years. Tajikistan spoke highly of China’s historical achievements in building a modern socialist country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and firmly believed that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, China will basically realize socialist modernization by 2035 In the middle of the year, the goal of building a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful socialist modern power will definitely be achieved.

China speaks highly of Tajikistan’s fruitful achievements in political and socio-economic reforms and the implementation of Tajikistan’s national development strategy until 2030 under the leadership of President Emomali Rahmon. In order to develop friendly relations with other countries, the Republic of Tajikistan has implemented a peaceful and selfless open policy based on mutual respect, equal treatment, and mutually beneficial cooperation since independence, and has made great achievements. China firmly supports and respects Tajikistan’s open and pragmatic foreign policy.

  1. The two sides are willing to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and strengthen friendly partnership under the framework of the Community with a Shared Future for Mankind initiative, based on the principles of mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, inviolability of borders, and non-interference in internal affairs.

The two sides will continue to support each other on issues concerning core interests such as national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.

Tajikistan firmly abides by the one-China principle and reaffirms that the government of the People’s Republic of China is the only legal government representing the whole of China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. The Tajik side resolutely opposes any form of “Taiwan independence”, reaffirms that it will not have any form of official exchanges with Taiwan, and supports all efforts made by the Chinese government to realize national reunification.

The two sides firmly oppose the politicization, instrumentalization and double standards of human rights issues, and firmly oppose any country interfering in other countries’ internal affairs under the pretext of human rights.

  1. The two sides agreed that the diplomacy of the head of state has played an important strategic leading role in promoting the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Tajikistan. The two sides will maintain a good momentum of high-level exchanges and contacts at all levels, exchange views on major issues in China-Tajikistan relations and international and regional situations in a timely manner, continuously strengthen strategic communication, and enhance strategic and political mutual trust.
  2. The two sides agreed that exchanges between legislative bodies are an important part of China-Tajikistan relations, and strengthening bilateral and multilateral cooperation between legislative bodies will inject new impetus into deepening the strategic partnership between the two countries and enhancing mutual understanding and trust. The two sides support the strengthening of coordination between the National People’s Congress of China and the Tajikistan Parliament, and advocate continuing to promote cooperation between legislative bodies through friendship groups and other channels.
  3. The two sides are willing to actively promote the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative and the docking of Tajikistan’s national development strategy until 2030. The Tajik side emphasized that 2023 will be the 10th anniversary of President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and Road” initiative, and the Tajik side would like to express its heartfelt congratulations. The two sides pointed out that Tajikistan was one of the first countries to support this global initiative and is also an active participant in it. Tajikistan is willing to implement major strategic projects under the initiative.

In order to ensure the steady development of the social economy of the two countries, the two sides will fully implement the existing bilateral documents and the consensus reached, take measures in accordance with their own laws to ensure the safe and stable operation of cooperation projects, and promote economic, trade, investment, and financial cooperation under the framework of the “Belt and Road” initiative. , Science and technology, tourism, transportation and communication, hydropower, information technology, ecology, humanities, industry, agriculture, food security, digital, cloud technology, artificial intelligence and other fields to develop green energy and improve energy efficiency.

  1. The two sides will take measures to further expand the scale of bilateral trade, enrich the types of trade, tap trade potential, deepen cooperation under the framework of the “Silk Road E-commerce”, and explore new opportunities to expand trade and innovation cooperation between the two countries. The two sides will promote high-value-added, high-tech commodity trade and promote the balanced development of trade between the two countries. Tajikistan is willing to expand exports of textiles, chemicals, agriculture, non-ferrous metals and other products to China. The two sides agreed to speed up the quarantine access of high-quality agricultural products from Tajikistan to China.

The two sides are willing to study in machinery manufacturing, road construction technology, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, light industry, coal, chemical and food industries, building material production, electric power, mineral resources, transportation infrastructure, irrigation and soil improvement, agricultural infrastructure and other social Implementation of cooperation projects in the field.

China is willing to support Tajikistan in hosting international events in the fields of economy and trade, industrial energy, transportation and logistics, and people-to-people and cultural activities.

The two sides emphasized that it is of great significance to effectively implement the “China-Tajikistan Cooperation Plan Outline” signed in 2017.

Tajikistan is willing to participate in international economic and trade investment activities such as the International Import Expo, Import and Export Commodity Fair, and China-Eurasia Expo to be held in China in 2023.

The two sides spoke highly of the overall planning and coordination role played by the China-Tajikistan Intergovernmental Economic and Trade Cooperation Committee and its Xinjiang-Tajikistan Adjacent Economic and Trade Cooperation Subcommittee in deepening practical cooperation between the two countries, and are willing to further play the role of the committee.

  1. The two sides emphasized the importance of further deepening industrial cooperation and are willing to hold an investment cooperation working group meeting in due course.

China is willing to study the provision of preferential loans to Tajikistan for the implementation of social and infrastructure projects.

The Chinese side is willing to organize cooperative processing of local mineral resources and produce high value-added products in the Free Economic Industrial Zone of Tajikistan.

  1. The two sides will deepen cooperation, promote the modernization of agriculture in Tajikistan, promote the research and processing of crops grown throughout the year, and jointly ensure food security. The two sides pointed out that it is very necessary to strengthen the work of the China-Tajikistan Agricultural Cooperation Committee, and believed that the “2023-2025 Agricultural Cooperation Action Plan” will become the roadmap for the development of agricultural cooperation between the two countries.

The two sides emphasized that China has rich experience in the field of poverty eradication, and agreed to gradually take joint measures to introduce China’s advanced poverty eradication experience to Tajikistan and contribute to Tajikistan’s sustainable development.

  1. The two sides emphasized that it is of great significance to strengthen the connectivity of regional transport infrastructure. The two sides will continue to work hard to promote the construction of railway and highway transportation corridors. The Chinese side has taken note of Tajikistan’s proposals on advancing the modernization of the China-Tajikistan-Uzbekistan highway and fully utilizing the potential of the Kuriab logistics center to develop the “China-Tajik-Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Turkey” multimodal transport corridor. The two sides pointed out that the construction of the China-Tajikistan-Northern Afghanistan economic and transportation corridor is of great significance. The two sides emphasized that it is very important to keep the Karasu-Kolmai port smooth and uninterrupted customs clearance throughout the year. The two sides are willing to study the road construction project from Varshez to Karasu-Kolmai Port in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Prefecture and the modernization of the port under the framework of the “Belt and Road Initiative”.

The two sides are willing to strengthen cooperation in the field of aviation, and study the opening of direct flights between the capitals of the two countries and between more cities.

The two sides agreed to continue to improve the “green channel” for customs clearance of agricultural products, improve the efficiency of customs clearance of goods between the two countries, and strengthen cooperation in mutual inspection and quarantine access of high-quality agricultural products and food.

The two sides will take necessary measures to optimize border checks, transit procedures for drivers and flight attendants, etc.

The two sides are willing to create favorable conditions for international road and multimodal transport.

  1. Tajikistan spoke highly of China’s optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention and control policies according to the time and situation, and believed that this has created better conditions for the safe, healthy and orderly exchanges of Chinese and foreign personnel, and brought more benefits to global economic development. The two sides firmly oppose the politicization of the epidemic and virus source tracing.

The two sides have accumulated rich experience in effective cooperation in response to the new crown epidemic, and are willing to continue to strengthen coordination on the fight against infectious diseases.

  1. China welcomes the series of initiatives on global water issues by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, and takes note of the successful holding of the second high-level meeting on “Water for Sustainable Development” 2018-2028 Decade of Action. China speaks highly of the successful hosting of the UN Water Conference in New York by the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands from March 22 to 24, 2023, and notes that the special resolution proposed by the Republic of Tajikistan to the UN General Assembly on designating 2025 as the International Year of Glacier Conservation went smoothly. pass.

Tajikistan spoke highly of the global development initiative put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping, believing that the initiative has made positive contributions to the realization of the UN’s 2030 sustainable development goals. The two sides are willing to actively implement the initiative.

Tajikistan supports China’s global civilization initiative and is willing to work with China to promote exchanges and mutual learning among global civilizations.

The Chinese side has taken note of the initiative of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, on formulating and adopting the “Shanghai Cooperation Organization Economic Development Strategy to 2030”, which aims to create conditions for promoting the strategic progress of SCO economic cooperation , improve people’s living standards.

  1. The two sides emphasized that it is of great significance to further deepen the cooperation between the two sides in combating the “three evil forces”, illegal drug trafficking, transnational organized crime, arms, ammunition, explosives smuggling and cyber crime. The two sides will continue to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the fields of safeguarding international information security, consolidating border security and combating economic crimes.

China has noticed that the Republic of Tajikistan held the high-level international conference “Dushanbe Process”, and jointly organized with the United Nations in Dushanbe from October 18 to 19, 2022, “International and regional security measures to combat terrorism and prevent the flow of terrorists”. Cooperation with border control” high-level meeting to promote multilateral cooperation to combat terrorism and terrorist financing in Central Asia.

China supports the establishment in Dushanbe of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Coordinating Agency for Drug Control Cooperation.

In order to effectively respond to modern threats and challenges, the law enforcement and security agencies of the two countries will continue to conduct joint anti-terrorism exercises to improve joint operational capabilities and jointly maintain regional stability. The two sides spoke positively of the level of military and military-technical cooperation between the two countries, and will continue to strengthen exchanges at all levels and support the development of close military and military-technical cooperation.

The two sides are willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in emergency management, and carry out practical cooperation in the fields of natural disaster prevention, production safety and emergency rescue.

The two sides will deepen cooperation in the judicial field, and promote exchange of visits by representatives of procuratorial agencies and cooperation in personnel training.

  1. The two sides will continue to expand cooperation in humanities fields such as education, science, sports, tourism, archaeology, health and pharmaceuticals, and strengthen exchanges in media, scientific institutions and friendship associations. The two sides are willing to hold cultural day activities in the capitals of the two countries and other cities, and are willing to study the establishment of cultural centers in each other on the basis of the principle of reciprocity.
  2. The two sides pointed out that scientific and technological cooperation is of great significance to the implementation of joint basic and applied research projects in priority directions. The two sides are willing to carry out high-tech and innovative cooperation.

The two sides affirmed the necessity of establishing a mechanism to strengthen cooperation on the construction of the “Digital Silk Road”. Cooperation. Tajikistan is willing to continue to cooperate with large Chinese enterprises, introduce modern technology and solutions, and develop high-speed Internet and mobile communications.

China is willing to carry out tourism cooperation with Tajikistan, resume tourism exchanges according to the epidemic situation, and create conditions for the development of tourism. China supports Tajikistan in carrying out tourism promotion activities in China. The Tajik side actively supports the opening of joint tourism routes, the construction of hotels and restaurants, and is willing to strengthen cooperation in personnel training in this field.

The two sides will expand and deepen cooperation in the field of health, and strengthen scientific and practical experience exchange mechanisms between medical institutions, including telemedicine and traditional medicine.

The two sides believe that it is of great significance to carry out research cooperation on environmental protection issues such as reducing the negative impact of climate change, maintaining biodiversity, and the application of green and efficient energy technologies.

The two sides emphasized that it is very important to promote exchanges and cooperation between localities and sister cities of the two countries, and will promote the establishment of sister provinces and cities in more places.

The two sides spoke highly of the important role played by the Confucius Institute at Tajikistan Nationalities University and the Confucius Institute at Tajikistan Institute of Metallurgy in learning Chinese language and culture. The Chinese side has taken note of Tajikistan’s proposal to establish a Confucius Institute in Khatlon. Both parties expressed their satisfaction with working in the Taruban workshop.

The two sides are willing to strengthen cooperation in the field of sports.

  1. The two sides pointed out that strengthening international cooperation is an important manifestation of the high-level strategic partnership and mutual trust between the two countries. Tajikistan supports China’s global security initiative and is willing to carry out exchanges and cooperation with China to jointly safeguard world and regional peace and security.

China has taken note of the initiative of the President of Tajikistan to establish a “Security Belt around Afghanistan”.

The two sides will firmly uphold the international system with the United Nations at its core, the international order based on international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.

The two sides will continue to strengthen cooperation under international and regional mechanisms and forums such as the United Nations and its agencies, the World Trade Organization, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the CICA, and China-Central Asia.

The two sides will work together to consolidate the status of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a prestigious and influential multilateral organization, maintain peace, security and stability in the Eurasian region, jointly respond to new threats and challenges, and strengthen connectivity, economic, trade, and cultural cooperation among member states .

The two sides agreed that maintaining peace, stability and development in Central Asia, and protecting and promoting the historical and cultural heritage of China and Central Asia are of great significance to the countries in this region and the whole world. The international community should fully respect the historical and cultural traditions and regional uniqueness of Central Asia, and make joint contributions to promoting regional development and prosperity.

China speaks highly of the Central Asian countries’ efforts to achieve regional peace, prosperity and stability. From September 14 to 15, 2023, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon will host the Fifth Central Asian Heads of State Consultative Meeting in Dushanbe. China welcomes this.

The two sides support the establishment of the China-Central Asia Heads of State Meeting Mechanism, and believe that this new form of multilateral cooperation will help China and Central Asian countries deepen cooperation on the basis of the principles of mutual respect, good-neighborly friendship, solidarity, mutual benefit and win-win results, and jointly maintain regional peace , safety and sustainable development.

The Tajik side spoke highly of the first China-Central Asia Summit held in Xi’an, China and China’s efforts in organizing the summit, emphasizing the importance of the consensus reached at this summit.

  1. President Rahmon expressed his heartfelt thanks to President Xi Jinping and the Chinese people for their warm and friendly reception, and invited President Xi Jinping to pay another state visit to Tajikistan at a time convenient for both parties.

President of the People’s Republic of China

Xi Jinping

President of the Republic of Tajikistan

Emomali Rahmon

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