習近平會見亞塞拜然總統阿利耶夫

當地時間7月3日下午，國家主席習近平在阿斯塔納出席上海合作組織峰會前會見亞塞拜然總統阿利耶夫。新華社記者 岳月偉 攝

新華社阿斯塔納7月3日電（記者趙嫣　陸佳飛）當地時間7月3日下午，國家主席習近平在阿斯塔納出席上海合作組織峰會前會見亞塞拜然總統阿利耶夫。

習近平指出，中國和亞塞拜然是真誠互信的好朋友、平等互利的好夥伴。中阿關係始終健康穩定發展，兩國合作取得豐碩成果，戰略內涵更加豐富。我們將雙邊關係定位提升到戰略夥伴關係，這是新定位也是新起點。雙方要繼續相互支援，更好造福兩國人民。

習近平強調，中方堅定支援阿方維護國家主權、獨立和領土完整，支援阿方走符合本國國情的發展道路。雙方要推動高品質共建“一帶一路”，深化貿易、投資、油氣、光伏等領域合作，加強互聯互通，建設好跨裏海國際運輸走廊，保障中歐班列健康穩定運營。雙方要在教育、文化、旅遊、青年、地方等領域開展更多交流，鞏固中阿友好的民意基礎。中方支援阿方辦好《聯合國氣候變化框架公約》第二十九次締約方大會，願同阿方共同倡導平等有序的世界多極化和普惠包容的經濟全球化，促進世界和平、穩定、發展。

當地時間7月3日下午，國家主席習近平在阿斯塔納出席上海合作組織峰會前會見亞塞拜然總統阿利耶夫。新華社記者 岳月偉 攝

阿利耶夫表示，阿中兩國是好夥伴，兩國各部門、各層級保持密切交往，雙邊貿易額不斷增加，在國際組織中堅定支援彼此維護獨立主權和領土完整。今天我們發表聯合聲明，共同宣佈建立阿中戰略夥伴關係，這對兩國關係發展意義重大。阿方堅定恪守一個中國原則，堅定支援中國實現國家統一大業，這是歷史大勢，沒有任何勢力可以阻擋。阿方願同中方加強團結合作，挖掘潛力，在共建“一帶一路”框架內，加強經貿、投資、新能源、人文等領域合作，密切在上海合作組織等框架內協作，反對外部干涉，維護地區安全穩定。

雙方發表《中華人民共和國和亞塞拜然共和國關於建立戰略夥伴關係的聯合聲明》。

雙方相關部門簽署關於共建“一帶一路”、互聯互通等領域合作文件。

蔡奇、王毅等參加會見。

Xi says China, Azerbaijan upgrade bilateral relations to strategic partnership

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ahead of the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Astana, Kazakhstan, July 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

ASTANA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China and Azerbaijan have upgraded bilateral relations to strategic partnership, which is a new positioning and a new starting point, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here on Wednesday when meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ahead of the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Xi noted that the two sides should continue supporting each other in a bid to bring more benefits to the two peoples.

China and Azerbaijan are good friends with sincerity and mutual trust, as well as good partners with equality and mutual benefit, and bilateral relations have been developing healthily and steadily, with fruitful cooperation and richer strategic connotations, he said.

China firmly supports Azerbaijan in safeguarding national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and in pursuing a development path suited to its national conditions, Xi stressed.

The two sides should promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, deepen cooperation in such fields as trade, investment, oil and gas, and photovoltaics, strengthen connectivity, advance the construction of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, and ensure the healthy and stable operation of China-Europe freight trains, he said.

The two sides should also carry out more exchanges in such areas as education, culture and tourism, as well as between the youths of the two nations and at the sub-national level, and consolidate the public foundation of China-Azerbaijan friendship, he said.

China supports Azerbaijan in hosting the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Xi said.

China stands ready to work with Azerbaijan to advocate an equal and orderly world multipolarity, and universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, and promote world peace, stability and development, he said.

For his part, Aliyev said that Azerbaijan and China are good partners.

The two countries have maintained close exchanges at various departments and levels, witnessed increasing bilateral trade volume, and firmly supported each other in safeguarding independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity in international organizations, he said.

The two sides jointly announced the establishment of the Azerbaijan-China strategic partnership in a joint statement, which is of great significance to the development of bilateral relations, he said.

Azerbaijan firmly abides by the one-China principle and firmly supports China's great cause of national reunification, which is the trend of history and no force can stop it, he said.

Azerbaijan is willing to strengthen solidarity and cooperation with China, tap the potential, enhance cooperation in such areas as economy, trade, investment, new energy and culture within the framework of Belt and Road cooperation, closely collaborate within the SCO and other frameworks, oppose external interference and safeguard regional security and stability, said Aliyev.

The two sides issued the joint statement on establishing the strategic partnership.

Relevant departments of the two sides signed cooperation documents in such areas as Belt and Road cooperation and connectivity. ■

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ahead of the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Astana, Kazakhstan, July 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)