BEIJING, July 24 (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi emphasised security cooperation in separate meetings with \u200bhis Belarusian and Uzbek counterparts, his \u200cministry said in two statements released on Friday.<\/p>\n
Wang met with Belarus’ Maxim Ryzhenkov and Uzbekistan’s Bakhtiyor \u200bSaidov on the sidelines of the \u200bShanghai Cooperation Organisation foreign ministers’ meeting in \u2060Bishkek on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n Below are the \u200bdiscussion points in their meetings:<\/p>\n Wang tells Ryzhenkov China \u200bappreciates that Belarus “unswervingly stood” by China on issues related to its core interests.<\/p>\n China calls for strengthening security \u200bcooperation with Belarus and preparations to \u200bestablish a development bank.<\/p>\n Both sides signed 2026-2027 consultation plan \u200cbetween \u2060their foreign ministries.<\/p>\n With Saidov, Wang encouraged more landmark industrialisation projects, apart from pushing ahead with the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project.<\/p>\n Both sides should \u200bmake good use \u200bof \u2060the joint law enforcement and security cooperation mechanism.<\/p>\n China urges more solidarity \u200band cooperation in multilateral platforms such \u200bas \u2060the U.N., Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the China-Central Asia mechanism.<\/p>\n The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is \u2060a 10-member \u200bEurasian group including China, \u200bRussia, India, Pakistan and Central Asian countries.<\/p>\n Reporting by Liz \u200bLee and Shanghai newsroom; Editing by Sonali Paul<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n