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Uzbekistan, China sign number of documents

Uzbekistan Materials 22 June 2016 17:25 (UTC +04:00)
A number of important Uzbek-Chinese intergovernmental documents, aimed at further strengthening the multifaceted cooperation between the two countries, were signed June 22.
Uzbekistan, China sign number of documents

Tashkent, Uzbekistan, June 22

By Demir Azizov – Trend:

A number of important Uzbek-Chinese intergovernmental documents, aimed at further strengthening the multifaceted cooperation between the two countries, were signed June 22.

The documents were signed during the visit of China’s President Xi Jinping to Uzbekistan, Trend’s correspondent reported.

Xi Jinping’s visit to Uzbekistan began June 21. Firstly, he visited one of the world’s most ancient cities – Bukhara.

Chinese president and his Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov held a meeting in a narrow format June 22 in Tashkent, and then talks were held in an expanded format, as a result of which the parties signed bilateral documents.

The two presidents signed a joint declaration, which, according to the Uzbek president Islam Karimov, has a mobilizing importance for the two countries.

Intergovernmental agreements on technical and economic cooperation and on cooperation in the protection of intellectual property rights were signed with the participation of the Uzbek and Chinese presidents.

The foreign ministries of the two countries signed a cooperation program for 2016-2017.

Two memorandums of understanding (MOUs) – on investment cooperation and on cooperation on major commodities’ trade – were signed between Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade and China’s Ministry of Commerce.

Uzbekneftegaz National Holding Company and China Development Bank signed a loan agreement on cooperation in co-financing of investment projects in the oil and gas sector.

Trade turnover between the two countries amounted to $4 billion in 2015 and $1.4 billion in January-April 2016, according to the Uzbek side.

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