Relationship dossier
Palestine
Uzbekistan
Relationship assessment
Official engagement and Uzbekistan’s support for Palestinian statehood underpin cooperative relations.
Palestine toward Uzbekistan
+20Mahmoud Abbas’s 2016 official visit to Uzbekistan included high-level bilateral engagement. Details of Palestinian government cooperation with Uzbekistan beyond such engagement are limited.
Uzbekistan toward Palestine
+35Uzbekistan has supported Palestinian statehood and self-determination in international diplomacy and maintained high-level engagement, including hosting Mahmoud Abbas in 2016.
Overall relationship
+30High-level engagement and Uzbekistan’s support for Palestinian statehood provide a cooperative foundation. The breadth and practical implementation of bilateral cooperation are less clear.
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
Palestinian-Uzbek relations include official engagement, including Mahmoud Abbas’s 2016 visit to Uzbekistan, and Uzbek support for Palestinian statehood and self-determination. The relationship appears cooperative, though the scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Mahmoud Abbas visited Uzbekistan for official talks and bilateral engagement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements are unclear.
- Details of Palestinian government cooperation with Uzbekistan beyond high-level engagement are limited.