Vice President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that China and Uzbekistan should further advance mutually beneficial cooperation in an all-round and in-depth way.

Xi made the remark when meeting with Uzbekistan's Vice Prime Minister Rustam Azimov, who is in Beijing to co-chair the first meeting of the China-Uzbekistan Inter-government Cooperation Committee. Chinese State Councilor Meng Jianzhu serves as the Chinese co-chairman of the committee, Xinhua reported.

Xi said China and Uzbekistan have always been friendly and cooperative partners who trust each other. He said since the two countries established diplomatic ties 20 years ago, bilateral relations have maintained sound momentum under the joint efforts of both sides.

The two sides have continually deepened mutual trust, reinforcing time-honored friendship and achieving rich results in the cooperative areas of economy, trade, energy, security and culture, and have supported each other on issues of their own specific interests and cooperated closely on regional and international affairs, Xi said.

He said the two countries have joined hands to make important contributions to peace, stability and development in the region and the world.

Xi said during Uzbek President Islam Karimov's state visit to China in April, the heads of state of the two countries reached an important consensus on further deepening China-Uzbekistan friendly, cooperative partnership in an all-round way. The consensus injected fresh impetus into the development of bilateral ties, Xi said.

Xi noted that China and Uzbekistan are good friends and partners. Long-term and stable development of China-Uzbekistan friendly cooperative partnership is in the common interests of both countries and their people.

Xi said the establishment of the China-Uzbekistan Inter-government Cooperation Committee was an important decision made by the heads of state of both countries to advance bilateral links. He expressed the wish for the sides to give full play to the role of the committee in planning, guiding and coordinating bilateral cooperation in all areas.

Azimov said China is a true and reliable friend of Uzbekistan and that the latter places great importance on developing bilateral links. He said in recent years, with efforts of the leaders of both countries, bilateral cooperation in the areas of politics, trade, economy, energy, culture and security have seen rapid growth and rich results.

Azimov said the establishment of the China-Uzbekistan Inter-government Cooperation Committee is of great significance in advancing bilateral cooperation to broader areas, greater extent and higher levels.

He said Uzbekistan is ready to work with China to fully utilize the role of this committee to expand and deepen bilateral cooperation in all areas and advance friendly cooperative partnership. 

uzdaily.com

27.10.2011 09:35