1. Xi meets Uzbek leader

Xi Jinping holds talks with President Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 24 (Reporter Yang Yijun) – On the afternoon of January 24, President Xi Jinping held talks at the Great Hall of the People with President Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan, who was in China for a state visit. The two heads of state announced that China and Uzbekistan had decided to develop an all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era and promote the construction of a community with a shared future between China and Uzbekistan from a higher starting point.

Xi Jinping pointed out that 32 years ago, Uzbekistan was the first Central Asian country to establish diplomatic relations with China. The people of the two countries have inherited the spirit of the Silk Road, and the tree of China-Uzbekistan friendship has deep roots and luxuriant leaves, and is full of vitality. Especially in the past seven years or so, we have jointly led the cooperation between the two countries in various fields to show a good and prosperous situation. Building a more meaningful and dynamic China-Uzbekistan relationship is the common aspiration of the two peoples. The two sides should take the opportunity of developing the all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era, build a solid foundation for China-Uzbekistan's community with a shared future with high-level political mutual trust, and help China and Uzbekistan advance their respective modernization undertakings through high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road".

Xi Jinping emphasized that China-Uzbekistan relations are good. Fortunately, the two sides have always treated each other with sincerity and interacted with each other on the basis of trust. Facing the current complex international situation, the two sides must support each other more firmly. China firmly supports Uzbekistan in safeguarding its national sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, and firmly supports Uzbekistan in choosing its own development path. Both sides should make good use of platforms such as the Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee to strengthen strategic communication and comprehensively deepen strategic mutual trust. China and Uzbekistan have similar development goals and consistent concepts. The two sides can actively align China's eight actions to support high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", tap into the potential of traditional cooperation, implement medium- and long-term cooperation plans in economy, trade and investment, and introduce more investment and trade facilitation China is willing to import more high-quality products from Uzbekistan and expand cooperation in infrastructure, agricultural high-tech park construction and other areas. The two sides should start the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project as soon as possible, simultaneously promote "hard connectivity" and "soft connectivity", build a three-dimensional interconnection network, and help Uzbekistan transform from a "land-locked country" to a "land-linked country". China is willing to expand cooperation with Uzbekistan across the entire industry chain of new energy vehicles, carry out cooperation in major projects such as photovoltaics, wind power, and hydropower, to support Uzbekistan's green economic development strategy and promote sustainable development. Both sides should also actively carry out poverty reduction cooperation, expand and deepen local cooperation, and create more projects that benefit the people. Deepen people-to-people and cultural exchanges, continue to hold cultural days and art festivals in each other's country, accelerate the establishment of cultural centers in each other's country, expand cooperation in Chinese language teaching, and support the strengthening of youth exchanges. China is willing to provide more government scholarships for Uzbek youths to study in China. China is willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation with Uzbekistan, promote unity and cooperation among all parties, jointly safeguard the correct development direction of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, conscientiously implement the outcomes of the China-Central Asia Xi'an Summit, improve and strengthen the China-Central Asia mechanism, and promote global and regional governance. Promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Mirziyoyev said that it is of important symbolic significance for me to choose China for my first overseas visit this year. The people of Uruguay and China have a thousand-year-old traditional friendship, and the relations between the two countries have maintained high-level development. Every time I visit China, I am always amazed by the brilliant achievements China has made in its reform and development. Thanks to President Xi Jinping's wise leadership, China has become a world power in many aspects such as economic development and innovation capabilities. I believe that China will surely achieve new and greater achievements on its journey to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Uzbekistan is willing to learn from China's successful development experience and become a fellow traveler on the road to modernization to benefit the two peoples. Uzbekistan-China relations are based on a high degree of political mutual trust, mutual respect and mutual assistance. I fully agree with President Xi Jinping’s opinions on further developing relations between the two countries. I am happy to jointly announce with President Xi Jinping that we will upgrade Uzbekistan-China relations to an all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era. I look forward to taking my visit as an important opportunity to further consolidate and deepen mutual trust. , expand all-round cooperation, jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, promote practical cooperation in various fields such as economy and trade, agriculture, green energy, local governments, and tourism to achieve more results, and intensify people-to-people and cultural exchanges. Uzbekistan firmly abides by the one-China principle, resolutely opposes external forces interfering in China's internal affairs, and is willing to firmly support China on issues involving Taiwan, Xinjiang, human rights and other issues involving China's core interests, and work with China to combat the "three evil forces" and safeguard their respective and regional security. Stablize. Recently, Uzbekistan and China held a variety of activities such as local cooperation forums, cooperation forums for hundreds of schools, tourism promotion and Uzbek cultural days, and poverty reduction forums. Many of them were held for the first time in the history of Uzbekistan, which fully proved the friendship between the two peoples. As well as the fruitful results and huge potential of Uzbekistan-China relations. Uzbekistan firmly supports the series of global cooperation initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping and is willing to work with China to actively implement and advance them. The China-Central Asia Summit in Xi'an last May was of historic significance for strengthening regional connectivity, development and prosperity. Uzbekistan is willing to work closely with China to establish the Secretariat of the China-Central Asia Mechanism as soon as possible, promote the development and growth of the China-Central Asia Mechanism, and at the same time continue to Strengthen communication and cooperation within multilateral frameworks such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. I am full of confidence in the prospects of Uzbekistan-China relations.

After the talks, the two heads of state signed and issued the "Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Uzbekistan on the All-Weather Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in the New Era" and jointly witnessed the signing of the "Belt and Road" initiative, global development initiatives, economic and technological cooperation, A series of cooperation documents in areas such as connectivity, environmental protection, new energy, science and technology, humanities, agricultural product access, and local areas.

Before the talks, Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan held a welcoming ceremony for Mirziyoyev and his wife Mirziyoyeva in the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People.

A 21-gun salute was fired in Tiananmen Square, and soldiers lined up to pay tribute. The two heads of state ascended the reviewing stand, and the military band played the national anthems of China and Uzbekistan. Mirziyoyev, accompanied by Xi Jinping, inspected the honor guard of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and watched the procession.

That night, Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan held a welcome banquet for Mirziyoyev and his wife in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People.

Wang Yi participated in the above activities.