On April 12, 2006, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan met with visiting Kazakh Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev.

Tang said that during President Hu Jintao's visit to Kazakhstan last year, the heads of state of both countries declared the establishment of strategic partnership. China would like to make joint efforts with Kazakhstan to comprehensively implement various consensuses reached between the leaders of both sides, build up mutual political trust, expand pragmatic cooperation, and continue to strengthen cooperation within multilateral frameworks and consolidate and enrich bilateral strategic partnership.

Tang made highly positive comments on Kazakhstan's strong support for China on Taiwan, combating the "three forces" and other questions over the years, indicating that China will continue to resolutely support the efforts of Kazakhstan in safeguarding state independence and sovereignty and developing national economy.

Tokayev indicated that since the establishment of diplomatic ties 14 years ago, bilateral relations have been developing smoothly and scored remarkable achievements. Both countries have successfully resolved the boundary issue and conducted sound cooperation in the United Nations (UN), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and other multilateral frameworks. Kazakhstan thanks for China's persistent support of and active participation in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and would like to continue expanding bilateral cooperation in the areas of politics, economy & trade, energy and humanities and push bilateral relations to a new level.