Han Zheng meets with Turkish President Erdogan

China News Service, Beijing, November 12. On November 11, local time, President Xi Jinping’s special representative and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Turkish President Erdogan during the Antalya Leaders’ Summit of the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Turkey.

Han Zheng conveyed President Xi Jinping’s cordial greetings and best wishes to President Erdogan. Han Zheng said that friendly exchanges between China and Turkey have a long history. Under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and Mr. President, China-Turkey relations have developed healthily and stably. China is willing to work with Turkey to promote high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", deepen practical cooperation in various fields, and promote the continuous development of China-Turkmen strategic cooperative relations.

Han Zheng said that the two heads of state have important political consensus on China and Turkey taking care of each other's core interests and major concerns. Both sides should support each other in taking the path chosen by their own people and safeguard their respective national sovereignty, security and development interests. The two sides should improve the level of practical cooperation, and China is willing to encourage more Chinese companies to invest and operate in Türkiye in accordance with the principles of marketization and commercialization. The two sides have broad prospects for cooperation in the fields of renewable energy, artificial intelligence, biotechnology and other fields, and can jointly create more cooperation highlights. China appreciates Turkey's efforts to promote global climate governance and is willing to work with Turkey to promote the success of COP31.

Erdogan asked Han Zheng to convey his sincere greetings and best wishes to President Xi Jinping. Erdogan said that Türkiye attaches great importance to developing Turkey-China relations and firmly adheres to the one-China principle. I met with President Xi Jinping during the Tianjin Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization last year and reached a new consensus on promoting the development of Turkey-China relations. Turkey is willing to firmly promote the implementation of this consensus, intensify high-level exchanges with China, jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, improve the level of trade and investment, expand cooperation in new energy, minerals, artificial intelligence, transportation, tourism and other fields, promote personnel exchanges, and push Turkey-China relations to a new level. Turkey appreciates China's important contributions to promoting world peace and development, and hopes to strengthen communication and coordination with China to jointly promote peace and stability in the Middle East and jointly address global challenges such as climate change. (over)