Foreign relations of Uzbekistan

Armenia–Uzbekistan relations

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Armenia and Uzbekistan enjoy relatively strong relations, which is sometimes viewed to be among the wealthiest relationships between Armenia and a Turkic state. Both embassies of the two nations are accredited in Moscow.

Owned by this closeness, Armenia and Uzbekistan established official tie following the fall of USSR. This close relations was followed by Uzbekistan's embracing Armenian ethnic minority within the country, with its Armenian minority holds annual festivals in the country.^[6] Uzbekistan is home to the largest and oldest Armenian community in Central Asia. Between 40,000 and 70,000 Armenians live there at present.^[7] There are several Armenian Churches in Uzbekistan, both are well-perceived by the host nation.^[8][9]

On 19, October 2019, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met for first-ever official negotiations between the two countries. An Armenian government statement subsequently said that Mirziyoyev and Pashinian agreed to expand relations between their nations. In that regard, Mirziyoyev proposed the creation of an Uzbek-Armenian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation.^[7]