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China–Uzbekistan relations
Map indicating locations of China and Uzbekistan

China

Uzbekistan
Diplomatic mission
Chinese Embassy, TashkentUzbek Embassy, Beijing
Envoy
Ambassador Jiang YanAmbassador Farhod Nuritdinovich Arziev

China–Uzbekistan relations (Uzbek: Xitoy-O'zbekiston munosabatlari) are the bilateral relationship between China and Uzbekistan. Both countries are members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

History[edit]

According to the Ming Shilu, ambassadors from the Uzbek Khanate and Bukhara Khanate corresponded with Ming China more than 20 times between 1488 and 1618.[1]

China recognized Uzbekistan's independence on 27 December 1991 and the two countries established relations on 2 January 1992.[2] Both countries signed the "China-Uzbek Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation" in 2005, during Uzbek leader Islam Karimov's meeting with Chinese leader Hu Jintao in Beijing.[3]

Uzbekistan has cooperated with China in extraditing Uyghur activists from the country.[4]

Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov called China Uzbekistan's "closest partner" on a 26 August 2019 meeting.[5]

Economic relations[edit]

China is currently Uzbekistan's leading trading partner as the largest source of exports and imports for the country.[6] China has also increasing its development loans to Uzbekistan.[5] China regards Uzbekistan as a critical part of the Belt and Road Initiative.[7]

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