Relationship dossier
Germany
Uzbekistan
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation in development and security logistics, alongside periodic human-rights tensions
Germany toward Uzbekistan
+35Germany has supported development and vocational-training cooperation in Uzbekistan. It also operated a Bundeswehr logistics facility at Termez from 2002 to 2015 to support its Afghanistan mission. German policy has included criticism of Uzbekistan’s human-rights record, especially after the 2005 Andijan violence.
Uzbekistan toward Germany
+35Uzbekistan hosted Germany’s Bundeswehr logistics facility at Termez from 2002 to 2015, enabling German support for operations in Afghanistan. Uzbekistan has also engaged in bilateral development and economic cooperation with Germany.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship combines practical cooperation, including development programs and Germany’s former logistics presence at Termez, with periodic friction over human rights. The cooperation has been substantive but does not amount to a consistently close strategic partnership.
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
Germany and Uzbekistan have developed practical cooperation in development, vocational training and security logistics. Germany operated a Bundeswehr logistics facility at Termez from 2002 to 2015 for its Afghanistan mission, while bilateral cooperation has also included German-supported development programs. Relations have at times been affected by German and European criticism of Uzbekistan’s human-rights record, particularly after the 2005 Andijan violence.
Areas of tension
- German and European criticism of Uzbekistan’s human-rights record, particularly following the 2005 Andijan violence.
Key developments
Germany began operating a Bundeswehr logistics facility at Termez to support its Afghanistan mission.
Germany ended its Bundeswehr logistics presence at Termez.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral development and vocational-training arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of present-day security cooperation is unclear.