Kazakhstan-China relations' rapid development meets interests of both countries' nations - Hu Jintao

"China is ready together with Kazakhstan to exert every effort for strengthening political trust, promoting of cooperation in all spheres and raising the Chinese-Kazakh relations to strategic level", Hu Jintao noted.
The Chinese Leader informed of five propositions on further development of the bilateral relations he had initiated during the talks with his Kazakh counterpart.
The first proposition is maintaining close contacts on high and top levels, deepening mutual understanding and mutual support, strengthening support in important issues regarding key interests of each country.
The second proposition provides for strengthening energy cooperation especially in implementation of joint pilot projects.
The third one is promotion of interaction in non-primary sectors and contribution to all-round development of cooperation.
The fourth proposition regards strengthening interaction in financial sphere in particular working on implementation of the projects with usage of USD 10 bln loan provided by China to Kazakhstan.
And the last proposition relates to cooperation in humanitarian dimension. The Chinese side is ready to activate interaction in science, technologies, education, culture, physical education and tourism. Hu Jintao stressed that China was ready to raise the number of the Kazakhstani students studying in the Chinese universities from 100 to 200.