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India Reaffirms Plans to Deepen Strategic Partnership with Uzbekistan
India and Uzbekistan want to make their relationship stronger.
India’s foreign ministry official Rudrendra Tandon repeated this goal at Uzbekistan’s National Day reception in New Delhi.
The two countries recently upgraded their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Their cooperation includes trade, defence, technology, healthcare, education and space.
They also discussed supplies of uranium and access to critical minerals.
India and Uzbekistan hope to increase their trade to USD 5 billion by 2030.
They agreed to create higher-level meetings to guide their partnership.
India also announced a scholarship for Uzbek students studying Hindi and a grant to help restore the Aral Sea region’s environment.
Secretary (East) Rudrendra Tandon attended Uzbekistan’s National Day reception in New Delhi as chief guest.
India reaffirmed its resolve to further strengthen the India-Uzbekistan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
The partnership was elevated on August 30, with cooperation discussed in critical minerals, uranium supplies and economic security.
India and Uzbekistan set a target of USD 5 billion in bilateral trade by 2030.
India announced a USD 1 million grant for environmental rehabilitation in Uzbekistan’s Aral Sea region.
- Who
- India and Uzbekistan, represented at the reception by Rudrendra Tandon and in bilateral talks by Narendra Modi and Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
- What
- India reaffirmed its intention to enhance the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Uzbekistan.
- Where
- The reception took place in New Delhi, while the leaders’ talks were held at the Kuksaroy Presidential Palace in Tashkent.
- When
- The reaffirmation was announced on Thursday; the partnership was elevated on August 30.
- Why
- The countries aim to expand cooperation in strategic, economic, security, technological and people-to-people areas.
Key facts
- Bilateral trade target
- USD 5 billion by 2030
- Strategic partnership
- Elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership on August 30
- Priority cooperation
- Critical minerals, uranium supplies and economic security
- New coordination mechanism
- A Foreign Ministers-led mechanism will advance the partnership
- Institutional upgrade
- The existing Inter-Governmental Commission will be raised to ministerial level
- Environmental grant
- India announced USD 1 million for rehabilitation efforts in Uzbekistan’s Aral Sea region
- Education initiative
- India announced the Lal Bahadur Shastri Scholarship for Hindi for Uzbek students
Quotes
Ministry of External Affairs
India’s Ministry of External Affairs, which issued the statement about Tandon’s attendance and remarks
“Secretary (East) Shri Rudrendra Tandon attended the National Day reception of Uzbekistan in New Delhi as the Chief Guest. Recalling our historical and cultural ties, he highlighted the progress in India-Uzbekistan relations across diverse sectors and reaffirmed the resolve to enhance the India-Uzbekistan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership further.”
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