Relationship dossier
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Relationship assessment
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan maintain a close partnership formalized by a 2022 treaty on allied relations.
Kazakhstan toward Uzbekistan
+65Kazakhstan signed the 2022 treaty on allied relations with Uzbekistan and participates in regular bilateral consultations and cooperation on trade, transport, and regional matters. Kazakhstan has also worked with Uzbekistan on arrangements concerning their shared border.
Uzbekistan toward Kazakhstan
+65Uzbekistan signed the 2022 treaty on allied relations with Kazakhstan and participates in regular bilateral consultations and cooperation on trade, transport, and regional matters. Uzbekistan has also worked with Kazakhstan on arrangements concerning their shared border.
Overall relationship
+65The bilateral relationship combines a formal alliance-level framework with sustained high-level engagement and practical cooperation in trade, transport, and regional affairs. Border arrangements have helped provide a basis for closer ties. Shared water and resource-management questions remain important areas requiring coordination.
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
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have developed a close bilateral partnership, formalized by a treaty on allied relations signed in 2022. Their governments also use regular high-level bilateral mechanisms and have pursued cooperation on trade, transport, and regional issues. Border arrangements and practical cooperation underpin the relationship, though water and regional resource management remain complex shared concerns.
Areas of tension
- Coordination over shared water and regional resource management.
Key developments
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan signed a treaty on allied relations, elevating their formal bilateral partnership.
The two governments concluded bilateral arrangements on delimitation of their shared border.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the allied-relations treaty and related bilateral agreements are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing bilateral coordination on water and other shared regional resources is uncertain.