On 11 May in Astana, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yermek Kosherbayev held talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil Mauro Vieira, who arrived in Kazakhstan on an official visit. The parties discussed a wide range of issues related to bilateral cooperation, including political, trade-economic, and cultural-humanitarian interaction, as well as coordination within
Content creators and information professionals took part in a series of training workshops which were held in Ashgabat from 29 April to 6 May. Each workshop attracted around 30 participants, including content creators, media professionals, educators, and students, all interested in enhancing creative ideas, raising professional standards, and promoting the responsible use of modern digital
The 2026 Venice Biennale exposed an uncomfortable truth once again: Central Asia is increasingly becoming a beautiful exotic backdrop for the Western art world rather than an equal intellectual voice within it. Uzbekistan is now investing heavily in building its cultural brand. The pavilions are more polished, visually stronger, conceptually cleaner. The Aral Sea, memory,
An informal summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) will be hosted by Kazakhstan on 15 May 2026 in Turkistan, the spiritual capital of the Turkic World, under the theme “Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development.” The summit will bring together the heads of state and government of
Uzbekistan Airports JSC and Allied Biofuels FE LLC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support future cooperation on the supply of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and e-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (e-SAF) in Uzbekistan. According to Allied Biofuels, the agreement marks an important milestone in the development of Uzbekistan’s sustainable aviation fuel ecosystem. It supports the country’s ambition to become a regional hub for cleaner
The China-Europe Railway Express has made 130,000 trips by May 9, 2026, marked by the departure of a freight train from Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, bound for Hamburg, Germany, Xinhua reported. Total cargo value has exceeded 520 billion U.S. dollars, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. The company said
The collapse of the Soviet Union is rarely seen as a deliberate project. Rather, it is viewed as a crisis or a chain of events that spiralled out of control. Yet, when the early years of independence across the post-Soviet space are examined through the lens of sustainable development, it becomes clear that this period
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has joined the Foreign Investors Council (FIC) under the President of Uzbekistan as a full member. The FIC is an advisory body under the President of Uzbekistan, established to attract foreign direct investment and improve the investment climate. Its members include leading international financial institutions and major foreign companies operating
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says it has signed a transaction advisory services agreement with the Kazakh Ministry of Science and Higher Education and Satbayev University to develop modern, affordable, inclusive, and resilient student accommodation through a public–private partnership (PPP). Under the agreement, ADB will act as transaction advisor for the project, which aims to develop student
A new transit corridor has been established for transporting goods from China to Afghanistan via Uzbekistan, TOLOnews reported. Officials from the country’s transport sector and the company Uztemiryulkonteyner have stated that this route is a combination of rail and road transport. According to the plan, containers first move from China by railway, pass through Kazakhstan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) says it is continuing to support the exploration, development, production and processing of critical raw materials (CRM) in Kazakhstan by making a follow-on equity investment of AUD 1.4 million in Sarytogan Graphite Limited, an Australian Securities Exchange-listed company developing one of the world’s largest known high-grade graphite deposits.
On May 6, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Pre-school and School Education of Uzbekistan handed over 4,060 Climate Box educational toolkits to schools across the country, UNDP Uzbekistan reported. The initiative aims to strengthen climate education nationwide by equipping teachers with practical, ready-to-use materials and increasing students’ awareness
During the ADB Annual Meeting in Samarkand on May 6, the Ministry of Investment, Industry, and Trade of Uzbekistan and the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) signed a Memorandum of Strategic Cooperation. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodjaev and Deputy Minister of Investment, Industry, and Trade Shokhrukh Gulamov on behalf of
The government of Kazakhstan and Asia Altyn Dan LLP, with the participation of China’s Dalian Hesheng Holdings Group, have signed an investment agreement for the construction of a deep grain processing plant in the Akmola region. At the signing ceremony, Agriculture Minister Aidarbek Saparov emphasized that Kazakhstan is consistently transitioning from a raw materials-based model
Kazakhstan held its first-ever investment roundtable on the SelectUSA Investment Summit platform in Washington on May 3, marking a significant milestone in strengthening economic ties with the United States, according to QazTrade Trade Policy Development Center JSC. The event, titled “Strategic Sectors and U.S. Market Entry Opportunities,” brought together more than 80 participants, including
Uzbekistan’s total external debt as of January 1, 2026, amounted to $82.2 billion. For the first time, private sector borrowings ($41.7 billion) exceeded public debt ($40.5 billion). Over 92% of private loans are long-term and do not have government guarantees, Tashkent Today reported with reference to official data. Key indicators: • Debt to GDP ratio
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $116 million financing package with Acwa, the world’s largest private water desalination company and a leader in the energy transition, to support the development, construction, operation and transfer of a 300-megawatt (MW) wind power plant in Uzbekistan’s Bukhara region, further accelerating the country’s transition to renewable energy. The financing
A bilateral technical meeting of the working group on the implementation of the provisions of the Agreement between the Governments of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on the mutual application of electronic systems for the certification of origin of goods was held in Tashkent, the Delegation of the European Union to Uzbekistan reported. The initiative is being
Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has put forward an initiative to create a Central Asia Tourism Ring. The proposal was made at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the city of Samarkand on May 4, the Uzbek Tourism Committee reported. The President of Uzbekistan highlighted
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in the Mangystau region for the construction of a sturgeon caviar farm. The project is being implemented with the support of Kazakh Invest national company. According to Kazakh Invest, the farm will be located in the coastal zone of the Caspian Sea. The main goal is to restore the sturgeon