President of Uzbekistan confers highest state award to Chinese President

Samarkand, The Gulf Observer: President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has awarded President Xi Jinping with Uzbekistan’s highest state award – Friendship Order.

President Xi Jinping has become the first foreign leader, who has been conferred the highest state award, the Uzbek president’s press service reported.

President Mirziyoyev took a note of a personal contribution of the Chinese leader into strengthening of centuries-old ties of friendship and strategic partnership, deepening of trust and mutual understanding, expansion of economic, cultural and humanitarian ties betwee two countries.