Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Today, diplomats of the Consulate General of Uzbekistan met with Deputy General Director of China Southern Airlines Xiao Yong to identify promising areas of cooperation, Dunyo news agency reported.

At the meeting, the Chinese side was provided with complete information about the tourism potential of our country and trade relations between the two countries.

In particular, it was proposed to deepen cooperation in the field of tourism and launch flights on the Guangzhou-Tashkent-Guangzhou and Guangzhou-Samarkand-Guangzhou routes, which will directly serve to increase tourist flows from southern China.

Xiao Yong, Deputy General Director of the company, in turn, expressed gratitude for the offer to meet and said that the company currently operates flights on the Urumqi-Tashkent-Urumqi route and plans to operate flights to Uzbekistan on the Beijing-Tashkent-Beijing route "from the summer this year.

The company also expressed its readiness to attract Chinese tourists by holding comprehensive presentations on the tourism potential of Uzbekistan in the south of China, as well as considering the possibility of launching a Guangzhou-Tashkent-Guangzhou flight.

Xiao Yong welcomed the opening of the Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Guangzhou and stressed that the acceleration of obtaining entry visas will increase the flow of tourists.