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Uzbekistan and Russia have more than 200 joint projects worth about $6 billion. The projects were discussed at the third meeting of the two countries’ Council of Regions, held in Fergana, Uzbekistan.
Representatives from 14 Uzbek regions and 17 Russian regions attended the event, along with about 400 business representatives from the two countries. Discussions focused on strengthening direct regional ties, expanding industrial cooperation, increasing trade and investment, and developing new joint projects.
Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodjayev said each of the country’s 14 regions maintains ties with more than 50 Russian regions. He said the scale of this cooperation showed that regional links had become an important part of the broader partnership between the two countries.
Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said Russian and Uzbek regions had held about 100 joint events since the beginning of 2026. More than 60 Russian regions and all 14 Uzbek regions took part in the “Innoprom. Central Asia” exhibition, held in Tashkent in April.
Interregional and commercial agreements signed
A total of four documents were exchanged at the meeting: three interregional agreements and one commercial agreement.
Fergana and Omsk regions signed an agreement on industrial cooperation. Uzbekistan’s Surkhandarya region and Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Territory agreed to cooperate in trade and the economy, science and technology, culture, and humanitarian affairs.
Namangan region and Dagestan agreed on a plan to implement an existing agreement covering trade and economic, scientific and technical, social, and cultural cooperation. Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Investments, Industry and Trade also exchanged an investment agreement with Wildberries. The document provides for plans to build a Class A logistics complex.
Next meeting to be held in Omsk
The Council of Regions’ program also included a joint meeting of the Russia-Uzbekistan and Uzbekistan-Russia Business Councils and a Russia-Uzbekistan business forum. The Council’s next meeting is planned for Omsk.
