AccompaniedbyPresidentNazarbayve,PresidentXivisitstheChinesenationalpavilionoftheExpo2017inAstanaandinspectsviavideolinktwokeyhubsofChina-Kazakhstancross-bordertransportationonJune8,2017.LeadersofSCOmemberstatesandtheprimeministersofIndiaandPakistanposeforagroupphotoduringthe17thmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofStateoftheSCOonJune9,2017.IndiaandPakistanareacceptedasfullmembersoftheorganization.
ChinesePresidentXiJinpingpaidastatevisittoKazakhstanfromJune7to10,2017.
XiheldtalkswithKazakhPresidentNursultanNazarbayevinAstana,capitalofKazakhstan,totakestockoftheachievementsthetwocountrieshavemadeandchartthecourseforfuturecooperation.Thetwoheadsofstateagreedtomaintainclose,high-levelandinstitutionalexchanges,respectthetwocountry鈥檚choicesofdevelopmentpathandpoliciesinaccordancewiththeirrespectivenationalconditions,supporteachother鈥檚effortsinsafeguardingtheircoreinterests,andjointlyaddressthechallengestoregionalsecurityandstability.
XiwasalsopresentattheopeningceremonyoftheExpo2017inAstana.HisattendancesignifiedsupportnotonlyfortheKazakhsideinorganizingtheevent,butalsoforCentralAsiancountriesinpursuingdevelopmentandseekinggreaterinternationalstanding.
Thepresidentattendedaswellthe17thmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofStateoftheShanghaiCooperationOrganization(SCO)inAstana.TheSCOsummitacceptedIndiaandPakistanasfullmembersintheorganization鈥檚firstexpansionsinceitsfoundingin2001.Welcomingthenewmembers,XicalledontheSCOto鈥渃arryforwardthefinetraditionofsolidarityandcoordination.鈥滺ealsoproposedthattheSCOdrawupafiveyearoutlineforimplementationoftheTreatyonLong-termGoodNeighborliness,FriendshipandCooperation,andformulateathree-yearprogramofcooperationtofightthe鈥渢hreeevilforces鈥漮fterrorism,extremism,andseparatism.
ThetripaddsimpetustothebuildingoftheBeltandRoad,cementsthebondamongcountriesforthecommunityofsharedfuture,andopensupbroadprospectsforpeaceandprosperityintheregion.ChinesePresidentXiJinping(center)addressesthe17thmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofStateoftheSCOinAstana,KazakhstanonJune9,2017.