On January 29, 2016, Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks in Beijing with Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov of Uzbekistan who was paying a working visit to China.

Wang Yi welcomed Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan who made a special trip to China to exchange views with the Chinese side on preparations for the Tashkent Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Wang Yi said that this year coincides with the 15th anniversary of the founding of the SCO and Uzbekistan holds the rotating presidency of the SCO this year. China will offer its full support to Uzbekistan to ensure the success of the Tashkent Summit, so as to demonstrate cooperation results of the SCO, summarize experience and make future plans, and jointly promote the SCO to play a greater role in international and regional affairs.

Abdulaziz Kamilov expressed that China is an important founding member of the SCO. Uzbekistan attaches great importance to China's important role in promoting the SCO' s development, and stands ready to collaborate closely with China and other members of the SCO to jointly make good preparations for the Tashkent Summit, promote the "Shanghai Spirit" and inject new vitality into the development of the SCO. Developing relations with China is an important diplomatic priority of Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan is willing to work with China to strengthen high-level exchanges, deepen political mutual trust, actively participate in the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and comprehensively broaden the practical cooperation.

Wang Yi expressed that China and Uzbekistan are good friends featuring sincerity and mutual trust. China is willing to take Uzbekistan's holding the Tashkent Summit of the SCO as an opportunity to enhance bilateral high-level exchanges and strengthen connectivity, production capacity and people-to-people and cultural exchanges between the two countries within the framework of jointly building the Silk Road Economic Belt, so as to promote China-Uzbekistan strategic partnership to a new stage.

The two sides also exchanged in-depth views on international and regional issues and reached consensus on enhancing cooperation in international and regional affairs.