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23.12.25
Trade between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan reached $1.064 billion in January–November 2025, according to a report by the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics. Uzbekistan imported Turkmen products worth $926.2 million in the period. Exports to Turkmenistan totaled $137.8 million over the same timeframe.
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22.12.25
Turkish firms play pioneering role in Uzbekistan's energy reforms, leading early public-private partnership projects and deepening cooperation, Uzbekistan's energy minister tells Anadolu Uzbekistan's energy cooperation with Türkiye is gaining momentum as the Central Asian country pushes ahead with reforms and looks to attract more private investment, the country's Energy Minister Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov told Anadolu.
Türkiye and Turkish companies were early supporters of Uzbekistan's reform drive, particularly in launching the country's first public-private partnership projects, Mirzamakhmudov told Anadolu on the sidelines of the 5th meeting of the energy ministers of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) earlier this month in Istanbul. "Türkiye and Turkish companies were the first to support us in those reforms, in transformation and implementing the first Public–Private Partnership projects (PPP)," he said.
Private investment initially focused on power generation, he said, before expanding into other parts of the sector. Türkiye also backed Uzbekistan's efforts to establish an energy market regulator, drawing on its own experience.
Türkiye and Uzbekistan have expanded energy ties in recent years as Tashkent accelerates market-oriented reforms and seeks foreign investment. Bilateral relations have gained momentum since 2016, with trade volume increasing from $1.2 billion to $3.5 billion by 2024. Turkish companies are active across Uzbekistan's power sector, including generation, distribution and major infrastructure projects.
Mirzamakhmudov said the first PPP electricity distribution project in the Samarkand region was awarded to a Turkish company through an international tender. Since then, Turkish firms have taken on a visible role in Uzbekistan's energy infrastructure as engineering, procurement and construction contractors.
He said Uzbekistan has also launched its first PPP projects in district heating with Turkish companies in Tashkent. While small in scale, the projects are notable for bringing private operators into district heating distribution. A cogeneration plant was built as part of the effort.
- Regional grid integration and green corridor
Beyond individual projects, Mirzamakhmudov said cooperation is increasingly focused on regional energy integration. Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan are working on a green corridor project to transmit electricity generated from renewable sources, he said, adding that Kyrgyzstan has expressed interest in joining and talks with Türkiye are ongoing. "That's why we're going from a regional-centered approach to inter-regional cooperation, and we believe this is one of our most important partnerships with our brothers in Türkiye," he said.
Mirzamakhmudov said concrete steps are already being taken, including the creation of working teams to coordinate technical discussions and prepare feasibility studies. The next phase will focus on assessing market demand and developing the necessary project capacity, he said, with teams from both sides working closely together. "These are concrete steps. That's why we met, that's why we discussed and that's what we agreed actually," he said.
He said preparations will begin with project documentation, calculations and feasibility studies, focusing on market demand and the development of appropriate regional capacity. "So we will link these two elements. For this, our teams will work very closely," he said.
He also had a clear message for Turkish investors. "We are open and we welcome Turkish investors," Mirzamakhmudov said, pointing to strong political backing, an established system and available incentives. Uzbekistan is ready to move into joint production and value-added manufacturing projects, including equipment, electrical components and cables, he said. In mining, he added, the country aims to cover the entire value chain and position itself as a regional hub. "We work on a win-win basis," Mirzamakhmudov said. "We know what investors expect, and we're ready to work as one team."
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16.12.25
In 2025, Uzbekistan’s company Uztemiryulcontainer, within the framework of implementing the President’s instructions on transforming the railway sector, successfully organized regular container transportation from Uzbekistan to European countries via Turkmenistan’s Turkmenbashi Port.
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02.12.25
On December 2, Deputy Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan Akram Aliyev held a working meeting with the CEO of the Turkish telecommunications company Türk Telekom, Ebubekir Şahin. During the meeting, the parties noted that in recent years, cooperation between Uzbekistan and Turkey has reached a new qualitative level, and that economic, investment, and technological ties have been steadily expanding.
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07.12.25
The companies Uzbekiston Temir Yullari and Kazakhstan Temir Joly have agreed to expand railway cooperation for the transportation of grain and food products. On December 7, 2025, representatives of the two countries met at the Saryagash border station between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
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01.12.25
Chairman of the Tourism Development Committee of Uzbekistan, Umed Shadiev, and Chairman of the Tourism Industry Committee of Kazakhstan, Nurtas Karipbayev, held a meeting. The meeting took place within the framework of the 30th International Tourism Fair, held in Tashkent.
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25.11.25
A working meeting was held between a delegation headed by Elyor Maksudov, Director for Startup Development and Investment at Uzbekistan’s IT Park Uzbekistan, and representatives of Turkey’s Aktif Bank, UPT, and Aktif Tech. The Turkish delegation included UPT General Manager Murat Kastan, Aktif Bank Technical Director Kadir Öztürk, UPT International Partnerships Manager Meylis Amanmyradov, and UPT’s Uzbekistan representative Aziz Asanov.
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20.11.25
Officials of the Uzbekistan Football Association held a meeting with representatives of leading Turkish construction companies — “KOC Construction” and “Bahadir Kul Architects” — to discuss the project for the construction of the new Central Football Stadium in Tashkent.
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14.11.25
Uzbekistan’s Minister of Digital Technologies, Sherzod Shermatov, held a meeting with Gellért Jászai, the head of the Hungarian company “4iG,” one of the major developers of telecommunication and IT solutions. During the meeting, the parties discussed the prospects for cooperation between Uzbekistan and Hungary in digital economy, IT outsourcing, the development of telecommunication infrastructure, and data centers.
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16.11.25
The summit, chaired by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, was held at the Congress Center in Tashkent and was attended by President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
