Senior CPC official meets Kyrgyz president

Wang Huning (R), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, meets with Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov, who is here to attend the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, in Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Wang Huning on Friday met with Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov, who is here to attend the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

Wang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, said that China is willing to continue to support Kyrgyzstan's economic and social development, and implement grand projects together with Kyrgyzstan under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative.

China fully supports Kyrgyzstan in hosting a successful summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization this year, Wang said.

Sooronbay Jeenbekov said that Kyrgyzstan firmly supports jointly building the Belt and Road, and is ready to align development strategies of the two sides, and continuously deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.