beijing china foreign ministry friday announce agreement tajikistan establish exchange security intelligence part upgrade diplomatic relations state visit tajik president emomali rahmon china chinese president xi jinping rahmon thursday establish comprehensive strategic partnership two countries accord statement release foreign ministry website two side agree bolster efforts combat threats terrorism separatism religious extremism well international criminal group drug traffic launch professional intelligence exchange post say side strengthen communications defense security law enforcement departments deepen intelligence exchange say china plan rebuild ancient silk road reconnecting trade rout border central south east asia dub belt road initiative raise new security concern country company beijing work deepen security cooperation countries central asia elsewhere make shortfalls intelligence security measure combat terror group threats region shanghai cooperation organization security bloc establish 2001 china russia kazakhstan kyrgyzstan tajikistan uzbekistan fight radical islam expand include nearly twenty state members partner september last year china agree finance build several outposts tajik border guard facilities along porous 1,345-km border tajikistan afghanistan tajikistan agree intelligence exchange china