Solid ties with Uzbekistan greatly assist with development

Beijing praises relationship ahead of Central Asian nation leader's state visit

China and Uzbekistan are expected to elevate and upgrade their relationship and enrich the China-Uzbekistan community with a shared future as Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a state visit to the country from Tuesday.

The three-day visit will be Mirziyoyev's third to China in eight months, after he attended the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing in October and paid his last state visit to China in May.

"The upcoming visit fully demonstrates the high-level China-Uzbekistan relationship and the deep friendship between the two heads of state," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters at a regular news briefing in Beijing on Friday.