Minister of Foreign Affairs Sirodjiddin Aslov met here on Monday with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, on the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the SCO member states hosted by Tashkent.

According to the Tajik MFA information department, the two discussed a broad range of issues related to state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral trade, energy, scientific and humanitarian cooperation between their countries.

The two sides also strengthen security cooperation and joint forces in combating the «three evil forces» of terrorism, separatism and extremism.

He also voiced support for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)’s Tashkent summit so as to instill new momentum into the development of the SCO.

The SCO members are China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Afghanistan, Iran, Mongolia and Belarus are the SCO observer-countries, while Turkey, Azerbaijan, Sri Lanka, Armenia, Cambodia and Nepal are dialogue partners.

A procedure was launched at the SCO summit in Ufa in July 2015 for admission of India and Pakistan to the organization.

Uzbekistan overtook from Russia the SCO chairmanship at the organization’s summit in Ufa.

The talks were held in an atmosphere of friendship, openness and mutual understanding.