On October 18, in the run-up to the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, Song Zhiyong, Administrator of CAAC, signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Jointly Building the Air Silk Road with Karabayev, Minister of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan; and the Memorandum of Understanding between the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Tajikistan on Jointly Building the Air Silk Road with Subhonzoda Ikrom, Director of Civil Aviation Agency of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The successful signing of the MOUs represented a concrete measure to implement the Xi'an Declaration of the China-Central Asia Summit. It signifies that China has reached a broad consensus with Kazakhstan and Tajikistan on further deepening the joint building of the Air Silk Road. All parties will work together to promote policy coordination in aviation transport, open development of aviation transport, cooperation in civil aviation infrastructure development, and technical collaboration in the fields of civil aviation safety, environmental sustainability, and intelligent technologies. These efforts aim to facilitate people-to-people exchanges and cargo transportation, promote cooperation in culture, economy, trade, and society, and contribute the strength of civil aviation to the joint building of the Belt and Road Initiative.
