Relationship dossier
India
Uzbekistan
Relationship assessment
India and Uzbekistan maintain a strategic partnership with cooperation in defense, security and development.
India toward Uzbekistan
+40India has supported development projects in Uzbekistan through a credit line and cooperates with Uzbekistan on defense, including joint military exercises.
Uzbekistan toward India
+40Uzbekistan participates in bilateral defense and security cooperation with India, including joint military exercises and counterterrorism dialogue.
Overall relationship
+40The strategic partnership is supported by practical cooperation in development, defense and security, including a credit line for projects in Uzbekistan and recurring joint military exercises. The relationship is cooperative, while the overall scale and implementation of these arrangements remain 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
India and Uzbekistan maintain a strategic partnership with practical cooperation in defense, security, development and economic affairs. India has extended a credit line for projects in Uzbekistan, and the countries conduct joint military exercises. Their cooperation spans several areas, though its scale and implementation are not fully clear.
Key developments
India and Uzbekistan established a strategic partnership.
The countries began the Dustlik joint military exercise.
India announced a $200 million line of credit for projects in Uzbekistan.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and implementation of projects supported by India's credit line are unclear.
- The breadth and continuity of defense and security cooperation are unclear.