Shavkat Mirziyoyev holds talks with Xi Jinping in Beijing

The main events of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s visit to China began on the morning of April 25 with a meeting with PRC Chairman Xi Jinping.

The leader of China warmly welcomed the visit of Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the PRC to participate in the second International Forum “One Belt, One Road”. He stressed that the Chinese side highly appreciates the level of cooperation with Uzbekistan and is firmly committed to further deepening the relations of a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the Chairman of the People's Republic of China and the entire Chinese people on the upcoming significant date - the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The parties during the meeting discussed issues of further expanding trade relations and expressed mutual interest in bringing the volume of bilateral trade to $10 billion in the coming years. Special attention was paid to the prospects of attracting investments, innovations and technologies into the economy of Uzbekistan, developing new joint cooperation projects in various fields, and improving the transit as well as transport-communication potential of the region.

The head of our state stressed that Uzbekistan fully supports the “Belt and Road” initiative and is ready to make a practical contribution to its full-scale implementation.

The Chairman of the People's Republic of China expressed confidence that the participation and initiatives of Tashkent in the framework of the project will contribute to the comprehensive deepening of China’s mutually beneficial cooperation with Uzbekistan and Central Asia as a whole.