Central Asia is one of the top priorities of the foreign policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. As part of the “Foreign Policy Concept for 2014-2020 of the Republic of Kazakhstan” Kazakhstan is interested in the regional stability and security development of Central Asian states, and actively supports and spearheads initiatives on the strengthening of intra-regional integration [1]. Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan are two fraternal countries that have a 25-year long history of close cooperation. The common historical heritage, along with deep cultural, religious and linguistic connections, remain the core of mutually beneficial and friendly relations between the countries.

To date, the civil war in Syria is one of the most dangerous regional conflicts, which is capable to start a global military conflict under adverse development of events. Since 2011, it claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, destroying the country and destabilizing the situation in the Middle East; more than 5 million Syrians fled their homes [1] (mainly to the countries of the European Union). The United States and its NATO allies have been on the verge of starting a direct confrontation with Russia because of the Syrian conflict.

After the collapse of the world socialist system in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) fall outside the priorities of China’s foreign and foreign economic policy because of the transition of the countries of the region to Western democracy and market economy, as well as their course towards joining the EU and NATO. China considered CEE as the ideological, political and economic periphery of the Western world and did not see prospects to compete with the EU in the region.

Chinese-European cooperation in various fields is becoming an increasingly important factor in world economy and politics. The role of this factor becomes ever more significant as the relations deteriorate between the EU and the USA, and between the EU and Russia.