Vice Premier urges closer economic ties with Uzbekistan

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-06-28 09:27

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (5th L, back) and Uzbekistan First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Azimov (6th L, back) attend the signing ceremony of cooperation agreements between the two countries, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on June 27, 2009. [Xinhua]

Li said Chinese and Uzbek leaders had an in-depth exchange of views on deepening pragmatic bilateral cooperation and reached a lot of important agreements during their meetings.

He said the primary goal of his current visit is to carry out specific programs of pragmatic cooperation between China and Uzbekistan according to the consensus reached by the top leaders of the two sides with the aim of bringing more concrete benefits to the two peoples.

On his part, Azimov said the leaders and senior officials of Uzbekistan and China have met on a regular basis to build a solid base for further developing bilateral relations.

He described Li's visit to the country as an important step toward putting into practice the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries.

He said Uzbekistan and China have made remarkable progress on energy cooperation in recent years, which reflects a new dimension of bilateral economic cooperation and will benefit both economies.

The Uzbek official said his country has been closely watching the economic development of China and would like to learn from China's successful experience.

He also praised the measures taken by the Chinese government to tackle the global financial crisis.

After the meeting, the two attended the signing ceremony of 11 government or corporate bilateral agreements on cooperation in such areas as economy, tourism and health.

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