AKIPRESS.COM - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

The Presidents exchanged views on the current issues of further strengthening friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between Uzbekistan and China, enhancing multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.

The current level of interstate relations based on the principles of good neighborliness, mutual respect and benefit was noted with deep satisfaction.

Regular contacts at the highest level contributed to the intensification of collaboration.

The trade turnover in 2021 reached a record high level, the volume of Chinese investments in Uzbekistan’s economy amounted to $9 billion.

High-tech projects are being implemented with the participation of leading Chinese companies and banks in industry, chemical industry, energy, information and communication technologies and other priority areas.

The main attention was paid to tapping on the potential of cooperation in the areas of green economy, artificial intelligence, digitalization and e-commerce.

A new roadmap of long-term cooperation with the Silk Road Foundation is being formed, which aims at promoting strategic projects of practical interaction. The financial and technical assistance program is being expanded.

The sides signed a five-year program of trade, economic and investment cooperation.