OREANDA-NEWS. May 06, 2010. President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met with Xie Xuren, Minister of Finance of the People’s Republic of China, in Oqsaroy, reported the Official website gov.uz.
 
Welcoming the guest, head of our state noted in particular, “I take this opportunity to thank the President of the People’s Republic of China Mr. Hu Jintao for a decision to send such a representative delegation led by You to the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Tashkent. It will surely provide a corresponding impetus and weight to an international forum of such level. We in Uzbekistan highly appreciate and value the close, friendly relations established between our countries, and know well what lies behind the current growth of China’s prestige and influence in world affairs, which was laid in the renowned reforms course by Deng Xiaoping”.

The constructive nature of Uzbek-Chinese summit meetings has proved particularly critical in the steady development of bilateral relations. Contacts between specialists and representatives of business circles of our nations at different levels have been constant and productive. Uzbekistan and China vigorously cooperate, in particular, in the framework of Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

The most favored nation regime in trade and economic cooperation between our countries has been practical since 1994. China has established itself as one of the major economic partners of Uzbekistan. In 2009, for instance, mutual trade turnover exceeded two billion US dollars. 223 Uzbek-Chinese joint ventures are active in our country.

During the meeting in Oqsaroy, Xie Xuren expressed his sincere gratitude to the head of our nation for the warm welcome, highly appraising the magnitude and practical effect of the Uzbek model of economy and the anti-crisis program successfully implemented in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

A thorough exchange of views regarding the prospects for further expansion of bilateral relations in trade, economic and investment spheres took place in the course of the talks.