BEIJING: China’s Premier Li Qiang met with visiting President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Wednesday in Beijing, with the two leaders pledging to deepen bilateral cooperation in several fields.
China’s PM said that in recent years, China-Uzbekistan ties have achieved leapfrog development under the strategic guidance of the two Presidents, and cooperation in several fields has been strengthened comprehensively.
Li stressed the need to follow through on the significant common understanding reached between the two Presidents, consolidate solidarity and mutual trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, quicken the construction of a China-Uzbekistan community with a shared future, and adhere to mutual understanding, mutual support and mutual respect.
China’s Premier said the two nations should also support each other firmly on matters concerning each other’s main interests, including national sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence.
Uzbekistan-China Ties
Aiming for high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, China will cooperate with Uzbekistan to expand and improve trade, economic, and investment cooperation, push forward connectivity in infrastructure and soft connectivity in norms, technology, and standards, tap the potential of green cooperation on new energy, and strengthen exchanges and cooperation on education, culture, and tourism, Li said.
President Mirziyoyev said Uzbekistan values its ties with China and lauds China’s support for Uzbekistan’s efforts to safeguard its independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.
Uzbekistan also adheres unwaveringly to the one-China principle and firmly works with China to fight the “three forces” of separatism, terrorism, and extremism, Mirziyoyev added.
Uzbekistan is willing to deepen bilateral cooperation on trade, economy, agriculture, investment, production capacity, finance, connectivity, infrastructure construction, and people-to-people exchanges, Mirziyoyev maintained, saying that his nation welcomes more Chinese enterprises to invest and do business in Uzbekistan, where a sound business atmosphere will be provided.
