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China has pledged to boost energy and security ties with Kazakhstan, while aiming for greater strategic coordination with Central Asia on the Ukraine crisis , in yet another push from Beijing to counter US influence. The pledges from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi came as he met Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in the capital Nur-Sultan on Tuesday, followed by separate meetings with his counterparts from Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Wang, who began a four-day tour to Kazakhstan on Monday, is also expected to attend a group meeting with the foreign ministers of the five Central Asian nations, all former Soviet...
