At Fudan University in Shanghai, a community of experts discussed the status and prospects of cooperation between China and Uzbekistan. Participants pointed out that notwithstanding changes of international and regional situations, the Uzbek-Chinese relations have always developed on the rise. Today the parties work closely within the UN, SCO and other multilateral forums, making an important contribution to peace and stability in the region and world at large. Director, Center for Russian and Central Asia at Fudan University Huashen Zhao said Uzbekistan to China is a close neighbor, to whom it is safe to rely on, as it repeatedly proved its hard follow its commitments and non-susceptibility of opportunistic changes. Undoubtedly, Beijing and Tashkent have great prospects in terms of moving many-sided cooperation, taking into account several important factors, among which the desire for mutual respect and support of key interests in the international and regional arena, a rich historical past, the presence of mutual desire of political and business leaders to build a mutually beneficial partnership. (Source: Ut.uz)