Relationship dossier
Saudi Arabia
Uzbekistan
Relationship assessment
Growing Saudi–Uzbek cooperation focused on investment and energy
Saudi Arabia toward Uzbekistan
+35Saudi Arabia has pursued investment and energy cooperation with Uzbekistan, including arrangements supporting Saudi-backed energy projects and investment in the country. High-level bilateral engagement has provided a government framework for this cooperation.
Uzbekistan toward Saudi Arabia
+35Uzbekistan has concluded bilateral investment and energy arrangements with Saudi Arabia and facilitated Saudi-backed projects in its energy sector. High-level engagement has supported the expansion of these ties.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has a cooperative structure centered on bilateral investment and energy, reinforced by high-level engagement and agreements. These provide substantive grounds for cooperation, although the known partnership is concentrated in selected areas and the extent of implementation is 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
Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan have expanded government-level cooperation, particularly through investment and energy agreements. High-level engagement and arrangements involving Saudi investment in Uzbek energy projects provide concrete foundations for the relationship. The known cooperation is meaningful but concentrated in selected sectors, and its scope and implementation are not fully clear.
Key developments
Saudi and Uzbek leaders held high-level talks and oversaw the signing of agreements on investment and cooperation, including in energy.
Saudi-backed energy investment and project arrangements expanded in Uzbekistan, including cooperation involving ACWA Power.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral investment and energy arrangements are unclear.
- The breadth of cooperation beyond investment and energy is uncertain.