Relationship dossier
Egypt
Uzbekistan
Relationship assessment
Egypt and Uzbekistan maintain an active partnership supported by high-level visits and bilateral agreements.
Egypt toward Uzbekistan
+30Egypt has advanced cooperation with Uzbekistan through President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s 2018 visit and agreements intended to deepen bilateral ties. Egypt and Uzbekistan also concluded a strategic partnership declaration and further agreements during the Uzbek president’s 2023 visit to Egypt.
Uzbekistan toward Egypt
+30Uzbekistan has pursued closer ties with Egypt through President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s 2023 visit, which produced a strategic partnership declaration and additional agreements. Uzbekistan also hosted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2018 to advance bilateral cooperation.
Overall relationship
+30Repeated presidential visits and bilateral agreements, including the 2023 strategic partnership declaration, provide a basis for sustained cooperation. The extent to which the agreements have translated into lasting economic and institutional collaboration is unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Egypt and Uzbekistan have pursued practical bilateral cooperation through high-level visits, joint agreements and mechanisms for economic cooperation. Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s 2023 visit to Egypt produced a strategic partnership declaration and additional agreements. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s 2018 visit to Uzbekistan also advanced bilateral cooperation. The breadth and implementation of these arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi visited Uzbekistan and advanced bilateral cooperation through agreements.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Egypt; the countries declared a strategic partnership and signed further agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of agreements signed during the 2018 and 2023 visits are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of bilateral economic cooperation are uncertain.