China, Uzbekistan to enhance trade liberalization as Chinese President held a meeting with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged China and Uzbekistan to adopt new measures aimed at promoting trade liberalization and improving trade facilitation between the two countries.
During a meeting with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana, Xi recalled that he had met with Mirziyoyev twice last year, in Beijing and Astana, where both leaders laid out strategic plans to strengthen bilateral relations.
He highlighted that cooperation between China and Uzbekistan is expanding across various sectors, showing strong momentum and comprehensive growth.
Xi expressed China’s readiness to align development strategies with Uzbekistan, deepen exchanges on governance, and jointly implement win-win cooperation projects to advance development in both nations and build a more vibrant China-Uzbekistan community with a shared future.
He emphasized the need to boost bilateral trade and investment, accelerate construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, enhance connectivity, and expand collaboration in areas such as artificial intelligence, new energy, smart agriculture, and public health.
Xi also proposed the establishment of cultural centers in each other’s countries, successful organization of the second China-Uzbekistan educational forum, strengthened collaboration on poverty reduction, and increased people-to-people exchanges.
He further underlined the importance of enhancing law enforcement and security cooperation to jointly fight terrorism, separatism, and extremism, and to address emerging threats to ensure regional peace and security.
Xi called for greater coordination between the two sides within multilateral platforms such as the China-Central Asia mechanism and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, aiming to uphold international fairness, justice, and the global economic and trade order.
Uzbek President Mirziyoyev, in response, praised Xi as a prominent global leader whose leadership has brought significant progress to China’s domestic and foreign affairs, turning the Chinese economy into a key driver of global growth.
He noted that China plays a vital role in resolving major international challenges and emphasized the deep brotherly ties between Uzbekistan and China, strengthened through frequent high-level exchanges and fruitful cooperation.
Mirziyoyev reaffirmed Uzbekistan’s commitment to the one-China principle, appreciation for China’s consistent support in its development efforts, and desire to further deepen exchanges on governance and learn from China’s success in poverty alleviation.
He said Uzbekistan looks forward to expanding trade and investment, enhancing collaboration in frontier technologies, connectivity, agriculture, and green energy, and advancing high-quality bilateral cooperation.
He also expressed readiness to work closely with China on security issues, reiterating a shared resolve to combat terrorism, separatism, and extremism.
Mirziyoyev voiced strong support for President Xi’s three major global initiatives, acknowledging their importance in today’s world, and pledged Uzbekistan’s support in implementing them to uphold the UN Charter, ensure global fairness, and promote peace and development.
The two leaders also discussed the ongoing situation in the Middle East. Xi urged all involved parties to reduce tensions swiftly and prevent further escalation.
Xi expressed deep concern over Israel’s military actions against Iran, warning that such operations have dangerously heightened tensions in the region, and reiterated China’s opposition to any actions that violate national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
He emphasized that military conflict is not a viable solution and that worsening regional tensions go against the interests of the global community.
Xi concluded by affirming China’s willingness to collaborate with all relevant parties to play a constructive role in restoring peace and stability in the Middle East
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