The all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership for a new era between China and Uzbekistan goes beyond economic cooperation, encompassing complete mutual trust and deeper understanding, a senior Uzbek official said. China and Uzbekistan are friendly neighbors with a shared future and good partners in common development. China has long been Uzbekistan's largest trading partner and a major source of investment.
In 2024, the two countries established an all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership for the new era, advancing the building of a China-Uzbekistan community with a shared future from a higher starting point.
During a recent interview with China Central Television (CCTV), Sodiq Safoyev, first deputy chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, elaborated on the significance of the upgraded bilateral relationship.
"I think that it’s not only about enlarging economic cooperation; it’s about more trust and understanding each other. It’s not only government-to-government partnership; parliament-to-parliament partnership is very important today, and I think parliamentarian diplomacy might and should serve the deepening of ties between our two nations. Due to the personal relationship between leaders of our nations, today we have an absolutely different atmosphere, without any reservations, complete trust in each other, and understanding that we wish each other only the best," said Safoyev.
He praised China's Belt and Road Initiative, hailing it for not only promoting connectivity in the region but also bringing people from different nations closer.
"Today when we see in other parts of the world, in other regions, fragmentation, sanctions, new conflicts, growing suspicions among other countries. Exactly China and Uzbekistan are connecting our regions. Chinese initiative -- Belt and Road -- is exactly what we need today. It's about connectivity, and it's not only about transportation routes connecting the nations. It's more about connecting people, connecting nations," Safoyev said.
China-Uzbekistan partnership built on complete trust, understanding: Uzbek official
