Tashkent, April 26 -- The official opening of the second International Belt and Road Forum was held in Beijing.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended this ceremony.

Opening the forum, President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping expressed his gratitude to the heads of all delegations participating in it and to the numerous representatives of the expert and analytical circles.

The Chinese leader noted that the Belt and Road project, implemented jointly with international and regional institutions such as the UN, SCO, the European Union, the Eurasian Economic Union, corresponds to the development strategies of various countries and therefore opens up broad opportunities for economic progress of the world in general.

The Belt a...