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Ding Xuexiang to Visit Turkmenistan, Attend the Ground-breaking of the Fourth Phase of the Galkynysh Gas Field as President Xi Jinping’s Special Representative, and Co-chair the Seventh Meeting of the Chinese-Turkmen Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee
Published: Apr 13, 2026 03:18 PM
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announces:

At the invitation of the Turkmen side, from April 15 to 17, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council Ding Xuexiang will visit Turkmenistan, and attend the ground-breaking of the fourth phase of the Galkynysh gas field as President Xi Jinping’s Special Representative. While in Turkmenistan, Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang will jointly chair with the Turkmen side the seventh meeting of the Chinese-Turkmen intergovernmental cooperation committee as the Chinese co-chair.