AKIPRESS.COM - China and Kazakhstan agreed on Friday to establish a joint working group to promote the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt.

The agreement was reached in talks between Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli and First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev.

The sides agreed on production capacity cooperation and to speed up related financing, strengthen communication, promote infrastructure construction including roads and railways, as well as to make better use of the Horgos border chechpoint in China's Xinjiang and the international logistics cooperation base in Lianyungang port of Jiangsu province.

The two countries should further expand reciprocal cooperation in all areas, Zhang said.

Sagintayev underlined Kazakhstan is firm on cooperation with China and is ready to strengthen bilateral cooperation and maintain a smooth development of the bilateral relations.