India-Uzbekistan Ties: From Strategic Partnership to a Comprehensive Eurasian Engagement

August 31, 2026 10:53 PM

India-Uzbekistan Ties: From Strategic Partnership to a Comprehensive Eurasian Engagement

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Uzbekistan has given a new direction to India’s engagement with Central Asia. The decision to elevate India-Uzbekistan relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, coming in the 15th year of their existing strategic partnership, is more than a diplomatic upgrade. It reflects the growing convergence between India’s economic, energy, technological and security interests under its Viksit Bharat 2047 vision and Uzbekistan’s ambition to bu...

EAM Jaishankar, Kazakhstan FM Murat Nurtleu discuss India’s increasing engagement with Central Asia

July 3, 2024 10:23 AM

EAM Jaishankar, Kazakhstan FM Murat Nurtleu discuss India’s increasing engagement with Central Asia

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu in Astana on Tuesday and discussed expanding strategic partnership and India's increasing engagement with Central Asia. Jaishankar thanked the deputy prime minister for the hospitality and arrangements for the SCO Council of Heads of State Summit. The two ministers further exchanged views on regional and global issues. "Delighted to meet DPM & FM Murat Nurtleu of Kazakhst...