Wang Yi Wraps Up Central Asia Tour With Promises of Closer Economic and Security Ties

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi poses for a photo with his counterparts from five Central Asian nations during the C+C5 meeting in Kazakhstan. Image via Xinhua.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is heading home after a four-day trip to Kazakhstan this week, where he sought to bolster trade and security ties with five Central Asian countries.

The group, known as the China + Central Asia or C+C5, met on Wednesday to discuss expanding trans-continental railway links, natural gas pipeline projects, and anti-terrorism measures. China has a longstanding concern that separatist Uyghur militants will build a base of operations in the Central Asian border states.

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