China intends to strengthen security cooperation with the Central Asian state of Uzbekistan. This was emphasized by China’s top police chief and Minister of Public Security, Wang Xiaohong, during a meeting with Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent. Beijing is ready to enhance cooperation „in combating the ‘three forces’ of terrorism, separatism and extremism as well as cross-border crime,“ reported the state news agency Xinhua.