“I attach great importance to the development of Chinese-Kazakh relations, I am ready to work with President K.-J.

Tokayev to use the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations as an opportunity to strengthen traditional friendship, deepen the alignment of the strategies of the two countries and advance to a new level of eternal all-round strategic partnership for the benefit of the two countries and their peoples, "Xi Jinping said.

In turn, Tokayev called friendly relations between Kazakhstan and China an important factor in stability in Eurasia.

Earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a congratulatory telegram to Xi Jinping on the occasion of the New Year announced productive cooperation between Russia and China in 2021, despite the coronavirus pandemic.