On February 28 this year, on the sidelines of the international conference “Uzbekistan and China: promoting mutually beneficial cooperation for the benefit of the peoples of the two countries,” a meeting was held between the director of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (ISRS) Eldor Aripov and the director of the Eurasia Institute of the Chinese Academy of International Affairs Li Ziguo.

The two sides had a thorough exchange of views on the outcomes of the state visit of the President of Uzbekistan to China. The two sides emphasized the effectiveness of the meeting of the heads of state, the large-scale and multifaceted nature of the agreements reached and bilateral treaties concluded.

In the course of the conversation the sides also discussed the bilateral cooperation and joint events to be held this year. Mutual interest was expressed in further support of the expert dialog aimed at finding new promising areas of cooperation of mutual interest.