习近平主席和和卡里莫夫共同出席某铁路隧道的通车仪式

周三，习近平主席和和乌兹别克斯坦总统卡里莫夫在乌兹别克斯坦共同出席一铁路隧道的通车仪式。这条铁路隧道是“一带一路”的重点项目。

Also on Wednesday, Chinese president Xi Jinping and his Uzbek counterpart, Islam Karimov, inaugurated a railway tunnel in Uzbekstan. The tunnel is a major project of the Belt and Road Initiative.

TASHKENT, June 22, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Uzbek President Islam Karimov attend the inauguration ceremony as they watch via video link the opening of Qamchiq Tunnel, part of the Angren-Pap railway line, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, June 22, 2016. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

The two leaders watched the opening of the 19 kilometer-long tunnel via video link. It is part of a railway line connecting capital city Tashkent and the eastern city of Namangan. Built by the China Railway Tunnel Group, the tunnel goes through Qurama Mountains and is the longest of its kind in central Asia.

President Xi said land transport connectivity is an important part of the Belt and Road Initiative and a key area in China-Uzbekistan cooperation. Karimov said the project greatly benefits the Uzbek people and expressed gratitude for China's assistance.