Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - On 27 February 2020, the Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan, Ismatulla Irgashev, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China Jian Yan.

During the conversation, the efforts of Uzbekistan and China to resolve the Afghan crisis, the priority areas of Uzbek-Chinese cooperation in the implementation of various projects in Afghanistan were discussed.

The Chinese side, praising Uzbekistan’s efforts to launch a political negotiation process in Afghanistan, reaffirmed China’s commitment to a peaceful resolution of the Afghan crisis.

The ambassador fully supported the opinion of the Uzbek side on the importance of further involving Afghanistan in regional projects, which will contribute to a general settlement of the situation in the country and the restoration of its socio-economic infrastructure.

In the course of the conversation, the Ambassador expressed her gratitude to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan for actively supporting tripartite cooperation in training Afghan agricultural specialists at the Educational Center for the Training of Afghan Citizens in Termez.

It was noted that the courses planned for the second half of this year on the subject of “Preparing Nurses for the Medical Sector of Afghanistan” also aim to provide practical assistance in restoring the country’s socio-economic infrastructure.