International partners of Uzbekistan

Legal agreements with the Gulf states
On 31 March 2009, Uzbekistan and the Sultanate of Oman agreed upon a legal framework that protects Omani investments in central Asia and guarantees trade from both nations is free from double taxation. The Sultanate's government has been pursuing economic diversification and privatisation policies for nearly a decade, having signed similar agreement with thirty of its other trading partners. Uzbekistan remains committed to the following fundamental foreign policy principles:

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  carrying out an open, pragmatic and balanced foreign policy based on national interests;
  
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  development of equal and mutually beneficial relations with other countries based on the universally recognized international norms and principles of respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-interference into internal affairs, peaceful settlement of disputes, non-use of force or threat to use force.
  

In accordance with its Foreign Policy Concept, the Republic of Uzbekistan reserves a right to enter into alliances, join commonwealths and other interstate formations, as well as to leave them guided by supreme interests of the state, people, their well-being and security, priority directions of modernization of the country, existing national legislation and international obligations.
Uzbekistan conducts peaceful policy and does not participate in military-political blocs and reserves a right to leave any interstate formation in case of its transformation into a military-political bloc.
The Republic of Uzbekistan takes political, economic and other measures to prevent its involvement in military conflicts and hotbeds of tensions in neighboring states and also shall not allow deployment of foreign military bases and facilities on its own territory.
In accordance with the Constitution, the Law «On defense» and the Military Doctrine, the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan are created exclusively for protection of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, peaceful life and security of its population and do not participate in peacemaking operations abroad.