中国—中亚携手,是真正的志同道合
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5月19日,中国—中亚峰会结束后,习主席和中亚五国元首共同种下六棵石榴树,这“既见证中国同中亚千年友好交往,也象征中国同中亚紧密团结合作,更寄托对中国—中亚关系美好未来的期待”,朝气蓬勃的中国—中亚合作正从古丝绸之路的起点快马再启程。
无论从哪个角度讲,首届中国—中亚峰会都是一座“新的历史丰碑”。峰会期间,中国同中亚五国达成了包括《中国—中亚峰会西安宣言》《中国—中亚峰会成果清单》等在内的7份双多边文件,签署了100余份各领域合作协议,成果之丰、内容之实、影响之大前所未有,它们显然将促进地区乃至世界的和平稳定。与此同时,这也是发展中国家团结自强的一个新范例,对世界广大发展中国家而言,它的吸引力和感召力将是强劲的。
习主席在峰会上发表了主旨讲话,就建设一个什么样的中亚提出“四点主张”,就如何建设中国—中亚命运共同体提出“四个坚持”,并就怎样发展中国同中亚国家合作提出“八点建议”。这也是新时代以来,中国最高领导人首次完整、集中、系统向国际社会阐述对中亚外交政策。从中我们不难看出中国对外交往的一贯理念,那就是在高度尊重彼此主权独立、领土完整、民族尊严的前提下,通过团结奋斗,实现共同发展、共同富裕、共同繁荣。习近平主席的讲话得到了中亚各国元首的高度赞同和热烈响应,这是一场互利共赢的盛会。
“命运与共”是此次峰会的最强共振。《西安宣言》以共同文件的形式正式写入构建“中国—中亚命运共同体”,中国也先后同中亚五国宣布在双边层面构建命运共同体,这是人类命运共同体理念首次在地区多边和双边层面全落地。此次峰会之所以得以形成如此广泛、务实的系列方案和行动规划,并且得到各方的一致接受和认可,具有很强的可操作性,归根结底是因为有了“命运与共”这一强大共识。人类命运共同体理念不仅将这些有着
不同基本国情的国家凝聚在一起,更为它们的合作提供了持久而稳定的保障,这是真正的志同道合。
有分析认为,中国和中亚国家谈到的几乎所有合作都是区域性的互利共赢而不是零和的,这是成果丰硕的重要原因。中亚地区本来就是全球化、区域一体化晚兴的地区,又长期受“颜色革命”等外来干涉之苦,它最需要没有私心杂念推进合作的伙伴。而中国是真心求发展谋合作的,也是真心尊重地区国家的主体地位,尊重地区国家自主的一体化进程,这一点其实早在与其他国家和地区的合作中就得到了信誉验证。
正如习主席在主旨演讲中所说的,世界需要一个稳定、繁荣、和谐、联通的中亚,中国会是这个稳定繁荣和谐联通的中亚最坚定的支持者。有外媒妄称峰会反映了“北京努力发展以中国为中心的贸易和安全网络”,如果说真有什么中心,那就是以共同发展、普遍安全为核心的贸易与安全网络;如果说非要形容中国与中亚国家的关系结构,六国像石榴籽一样紧紧团结在一起,是一个生动形象的准确比喻。尤其是中亚国家地处内陆,没有出海口,这原本是其经济发展的最大掣肘之一,但通过与中国的合作,这一地理位置成了连通欧洲与东亚的黄金枢纽,实现了劣势变优势。
值得强调的是,此次峰会对中国—中亚机制进行了立柱架梁和全面布局,这是一个新的起点,而且是一个开放式起点。中国与任何国家的合作都不是排他的。我们不仅希望能通过中国—中亚机制推动当地繁荣发展,也希望发展的潮流带动周边国家,让那些饱受战乱之苦的国家、希望实现民族自强的国家、追求现代化的国家,都能融入进来,我们也欢迎包括俄罗斯和欧洲国家甚至是美国的加入。实际上,中俄作为两个大国,近年来,在中亚地区的合作越来越多,这已经成为一个趋势,它本身就有力地破除了西方有关“中俄争夺势力范围”的恶意挑拨。
还是那句话,只要真正有利于地区稳定和发展的事情,有利于地区共同繁荣的举措,中国都愿意支持。在中亚是这样,在世界的任何其他地方,我们也秉持着同样的价值理念。这是在为人类的和平与发展蹚出一条新路,如何实现普遍安全和共同发展,“中国—中亚命运共同体”的经验对全世界都是示范和启发。
China's Xi hails 'new era' of ties with Central
Asia
Chinese President Xi hailed a 'new era' of ties with Central Asia
on Thursday, kicking off a summit Beijing hopes will deepen
relations with the strategically vital region.
Held in the ancient Chinese city of Xi'an, the historic eastern end
of the Silk Road that linked China to Europe through Central Asia,
Beijing has said this week's meeting is of “milestone
significance”.
And in a speech to the region's leaders at a welcoming banquet
Thursday evening, Xi said strengthening ties was a “strategic
choice”.
“I am confident that with our joint efforts, tomorrow’s summit will
be a full success and will herald a new era of China-Central Asia
relations,” Xi was quoted as saying in a readout of the speech seen
by AFP.
“Join us in opening up a bright future of China-Central Asia
cooperation,” he said.
This week's meeting is the first of its kind since the
establishment of formal relations 31 years ago.
Beijing says trade with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan reached $70 billion in 2022 and
expanded 22 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of
2023.
Central Asia has also become key to China's trillion-dollar Belt
and Road Initiative, a defining geopolitical project for Xi, with
Beijing keen to restart cooperation and fill the vacuum left in
former Soviet states by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
China, the world’s second-largest energy consumer, has invested
billions of dollars to tap natural gas reserves in Central Asia,
while rail links connecting China to Europe criss-cross the
region.
Analysts told AFP this week's summit is likely to see efforts to
reach agreements to further expand that vast network, including a
long-stalled $6 billion China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway and an
expansion of the Central Asia-to-China gas pipeline.
‘Global economic leadership’
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev hailed the “unique
scope” of that project at a meeting with Xi ahead of the
summit.
Xi also told Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov in talks on Thursday
that China was “willing to work with Kyrgyzstan to build a
community of good neighborliness, friendship, shared prosperity,
and a shared future”.
He then met with the leaders of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and
Turkmenistan, lauding the close ties between them and pledging to
expand economic and cultural exchanges.
“Your policies will ensure the development and further prosperity
of a modern socialist state, the strengthening of the authority and
the global economic leadership of the country in the nearest
future,” Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev told Xi.
Xi and Chinese first lady Peng greeted the heads of state at a
grand welcoming ceremony in the evening, posing for a group photo
in front of an old-style Chinese building lit by red
lanterns.
Dozens of dancers then performed a musical show inspired by the
Tang Dynasty, when relations between China and Central Asia were
considered very strong.
A media event will be held on Friday morning, expected to be
attended by all six presidents, at which a joint statement is
likely to be released.
Growing influence
This week’s summit also comes as Beijing works to replace Russia as
Central Asian nations’ preferred partner—and as Xi positions
himself as a global statesman keen to expand China’s reach far
beyond its borders.
“Xi will position himself as a leader that can promote global
development and peace,” Zhiqun Zhu, a Professor of International
Relations and Political Science at Bucknell University, told
AFP.
The summit also coincides with a meeting of the G7 in Hiroshima
that will likely focus on efforts to “push back China’s growing
influence around the world”, Zhu said.
“The diplomatic and strategic significance cannot be
underestimated,” he said.
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