Xi Jinping opened an unprecedented summit with the leaders of five Central Asian countries. The aim is to reconnect with these former Soviet republics and take advantage of the loss of influence.
This is the very first edition of this "China-Central Asia summit" since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992. China estimates that its trade with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan reached 70 billion dollars last year and climbed 22% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023.