The fourth China-Central Asia Human Rights Development Forum convened on Thursday to explore advancing human rights through high-quality development and regional cooperation.
The forum gathered experts, scholars and government representatives from China and Central Asian nations.
Li Hongkui, vice president of the China Foundation for Human Rights Development, called for closer alignment of the Belt and Road Initiative with Central Asian development strategies to support human rights.
Akmal Saidov, director of Uzbekistan's National Center for Human Rights, stressed that regional exchanges can yield practical solutions to shared human rights challenges.
Chinese Ambassador to Uzbekistan Yu Jun noted the expanding China-Central Asia cooperation mechanism and expressed readiness to build a closer community with a shared future.
