On 2 March, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan met with Yang Jiechi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, in Tashkent.
Director Yang expressed appreciation to the Uzbek side for providing medical supplies to support China's fight against the COVID-19 outbreak. He noted that under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, the Chinese people are united as one in fighting the epidemic. As a result of the progress made, the positive momentum of epidemic control is growing stronger across the country. China has both confidence and capability to defeat the outbreak, and will continue to actively engage in bilateral and multilateral cooperation on epidemic control to make new contribution to regional and global public health security.
President Mirziyoyev said that Uzbekistan firmly supports China's epidemic control efforts and is confident that under the leadership of President Xi, the great country and people of China will win a decisive victory over the outbreak.
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