Official welcoming ceremony for the heads of delegations participating in the third Belt and Road Forum took place at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his wife were greeted by the Chinese president Xi Jinping and his wife.
The ceremony was also attended by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, presidents of Russia Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban, Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwar ul-Haq Kakar, National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Khalk Maslakhaty Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, heads of state and government of several other countries. A joint photograph was taken.
The main events of the forum will take place tomorrow, October 18.
