Astana, Kazakhstan - June 16, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of traffic; Chinese, Kazakh national flags on street lamps; large electronic screen showing images of Chinese, Kazakh national flags

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2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Togzhan Gani, journalist, Time.kz:
"The statements from Chinese President Xi Jinping are very relevant and very significant in our time, because Kazakhstan shares China's approach to a stable world order and mutual respect. This is what underlies our foreign policy. And Xi Jinping's pledge of 1.5 billion yuan (about 208.8 million U.S. dollars) to five Central Asian countries and free training courses is precisely a big contribution to strengthening the partnership of our countries. Therefore, these two statements were especially memorable to me."

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3. Various of national flags of China, Kazakhstan; traffic

Astana, Kazakhstan - June 17, 2025 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Meya Alimova, editor-in-chief, Neutral Turkmenistan Newspaper:
"This is considered a continuation of the first summit, which took place in Xi'an. Xi'an is the ancient capital of China, where the Great Silk Road began, and the city of Merv in Turkmenistan is the gateway to the Silk Road. It is symbolic that the first China-Central Asia summit began in this city. This is comparable to the Belt and Road Initiative and Turkmenistan's initiative to restore the Great Silk Road."
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Gaibulla Kuchkarov, journalist, Uzbekistan 24 TV Channel:
"The Chinese have a proverb: 'He who travels with friends goes further.' We can say that China and Central Asia are these friends, and they've done very well to conduct their relations this way."

FILE: Almaty, Kazakhstan - April 26, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of national flags of China, Central Asian countries

Media representatives from multiple Central Asian countries attending the second China-Central Asia Summit praised Chinese President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the summit as timely and resonant, while applauding the remarkable progress in China-Central Asia relations.

Xi delivered the keynote speech, titled "Championing the China-Central Asia Spirit for High-Quality Cooperation in the Region", on Tuesday at the summit held in Astana, Kazakhstan.

"The statements from Chinese President Xi Jinping are very relevant and very significant in our time, because Kazakhstan shares China's approach to a stable world order and mutual respect. This is what underlies our foreign policy. And Xi Jinping's pledge of 1.5 billion yuan (about 208.8 million U.S. dollars) to five Central Asian countries and free training courses is precisely a big contribution to strengthening the partnership of our countries. Therefore, these two statements were especially memorable to me," said Togzhan Gani, a journalist from Time.kz, Kazakhstan's leading news portal.

"This is considered a continuation of the first summit, which took place in Xi'an. Xi'an is the ancient capital of China, where the Great Silk Road began, and the city of Merv in Turkmenistan is the gateway to the Silk Road. It is symbolic that the first China-Central Asia summit began in this city. This is comparable to the Belt and Road Initiative and Turkmenistan's initiative to restore the Great Silk Road," said Meya Alimova, editor-in-chief of the Neutral Turkmenistan Newspaper.

"The Chinese have a proverb: 'He who travels with friends goes further.' We can say that China and Central Asia are these friends, and they've done very well to conduct their relations this way," said Gaibulla Kuchkarov, a journalist from Uzbekistan 24 TV Channel.