Relationship dossier
Kuwait
Uzbekistan
Relationship assessment
Kuwait and Uzbekistan have developed practical cooperation through development financing and bilateral agreements.
Kuwait toward Uzbekistan
+25Kuwait has provided development financing through the Kuwait Fund for projects in Uzbekistan, including water-related infrastructure. Kuwait also joined Uzbekistan in signing bilateral agreements during the Uzbek president’s 2024 visit.
Uzbekistan toward Kuwait
+25Uzbekistan pursued bilateral economic and other cooperation with Kuwait, including through agreements signed during the Uzbek president’s 2024 visit. The visit and agreements reflect active Uzbek government engagement with Kuwait.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship combines Kuwaiti development financing for projects in Uzbekistan with bilateral agreements and high-level engagement. These concrete forms of cooperation support a constructive assessment, although their breadth and implementation 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
Kuwait and Uzbekistan have pursued practical cooperation, including Kuwait Fund development financing for projects in Uzbekistan and a package of bilateral agreements on economic and other cooperation signed during the Uzbek president’s 2024 visit to Kuwait. These steps indicate constructive relations, though the breadth and implementation of cooperation are not clear.
Key developments
Uzbekistan’s president visited Kuwait, and the two governments signed a package of bilateral agreements covering economic and other cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of Kuwait Fund projects in Uzbekistan are unclear.
- The implementation and practical effects of agreements signed during the 2024 presidential visit are unclear.