President Xi Jinping holds talks with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev during his state visit in Astana, Kazakhstan. [Photo/Xinhua]

The two leaders agreed that the two countries will align their development strategies in pursuit of common prosperity. It is Xi's second visit to the Central Asian country since he took office in March 2013. It was in this country that he raised the initiative of building the Silk Road Economic Belt.