China and Kyrgyzstan upgrade their relationship to strategic partnership

David Nealis President of Ceres Ltd.

China and Kyrgyzstan upgrade their relationship to strategic partnership

China and Kyrgyzstan agreed to upgrade their ties to a strategic partnership level and also to increase cooperation on security issues due the concern of rising radical Islamic fundamentalism in the region.

The upgrade means China has established strategic partnerships with all five Central Asian nations, paving the way for consolidated security and economic cooperation between China and the neighboring central Asian region.

Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Almazbek Atambaev,President of Kyrgyzstan announced the upgrade in ties after a meeting this month. Xi arrived in Bishkek for his first state visit there and to attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. It was his last stop of his first Central Asian trip, which had taken him to Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

The Central Asian country with a population of 5.6 million borders the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Some of the terrorists and organized crime groups in Kyrgyzstan have connections to groups in Xinjiang, China.

In a speech at Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev University on Saturday, Xi proposed establishing the economic belt, similar to the original, ancient Silk Road of more than 2,000 years ago, to boost cooperation between China and Eurasian countries, which have a combined population of 3 billion.

The presidents witnessed the signing of documents, including an agreement on the construction and operation of the Kyrgyzstan-China gas pipeline, which will be a key part of the fourth Turkmenistan-China natural gas pipeline is vital to China's domestic gas supply. The two nations also pledged to strengthen cooperation on energy and electric grid projects.

The two sides also vowed to boost cooperation in communications and transportation, and study the possibility of establishing cross-border infrastructure facilities.

China is Kyrgyzstan's largest importer and second-largest trading partner. Two-way trade reached $5.16 billion in 2012.

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