China,CentralAsiancountrieslaunchsecretariatofcooperationmechanism_GuangmingOnlineRepresentativesofChinaandfiveCentralAsiancountriesattendalaunchingceremonyofthesecretariatoftheChina-CentralAsiancooperationmechanisminXi'an,northwestChina'sShaanxiProvince,March30,2024.ChinaandfiveCentralAsiancountries,namelyKazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan,TurkmenistanandUzbekistan,heldaceremonyhereandlaunchedthesecretariatoftheChina-CentralAsiancooperationmechanismonSaturday.(Xinhua/ZouJingyi)XI'AN,March30(Xinhua)--ChinaandfiveCentralAsiancountries,namelyKazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan,TurkmenistanandUzbekistan,heldaceremonyinthecityofXi'aninShaanxiprovinceandlaunchedthesecretariatoftheChina-CentralAsiancooperationmechanismonSaturday.ChineseForeignMinisterWangYi,Kazakhstan'sDeputyPrimeMinisterandMinisterofForeignAffairsMuratNurtleu,KyrgyzForeignMinisterJeenbekKulubaev,TajikForeignMinisterSirojiddinMuhriddin,Turkmenistan'sDeputyPrimeMinisterandForeignMinisterRashidMeredov,andUzbekistan'sMinisterofForeignAffairsBakhtiyorSaidovsenttheircongratulatoryletters.Wang,alsoamemberofthePoliticalBureauoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)CentralCommittee,commendedcooperationbetweenChinaandtheCentralAsiancountriesundertheChina-CentralAsiamechanismwhichwasinitiatedfouryearsago.WangsaidtheestablishmentofthesecretariatsignifiesthattheconsensusreachedbytheheadsofstateofChinaandCentralAsiancountrieshasbeenimplementedanddemonstratestotheinternationalcommunitythefirmdeterminationofthesixcountriestoworktogetherfordevelopmentandcooperation.Itisbelievedthatwiththejointsupportofallparties,thesecretariatwilloperatesmoothlyandeffectively,andtheChina-CentralAsiamechanismwillgrowstrongerandbringmorebenefitstothepeopleofthesixcountries,Wangadded.ForeignministersofthefiveCentralAsiancountriessaythatpartiesrelatedhavehighhopesforthesecretariatandwillfullysupportitswork.TheyhopedthattheestablishmentofthesecretariatwillinjectnewmomentumintothecooperationbetweenCentralAsiancountriesandChina.SunWeidong,China'sviceforeignminister,saidthattheprimaryresponsibilityofthesecretariatistopromotetheimplementationoftheconsensusandoutcomesreachedbytheheadsofstateofthesixcountries,makepreparationsfortheChina-CentralAsiaSummit,andservetheforeignministers'meetingandthecooperationmechanisminkeyareas.Itishopedthatthesecretariatwillactivelyperformitsduties,earnestlyensureitsservices,andbea"servant"oftheChina-CentralAsiaMechanism,headded.WuYingqin,executivedirectorofthesecretariat,saidthatthesecretariatwillworkactivelytostepuprulesandregulations,fullyimplementtheoutcomesoftheChina-CentralAsiaSummitandtheimportantconsensusoftheheadsofstate,promotecooperationinkeyareas,andpushfornewachievementsinChina-CentralAsiacooperation.■Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.