UNZ: 09-02-2026,
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Shavkat Mirziyoyev reaffirmed their comprehensive strategic partnership, signing a dozen new agreements spanning energy, transport, industry, security coordination, education, and culture.
- Türkiye–Uzbekistan economic ties are deepening rapidly, with bilateral trade nearing $3 billion, a goal of $5 billion ahead.
- The partnership is increasingly embedded in the Organization of Turkic States, positioning Türkiye and Uzbekistan as coordinated leaders
On 29 January 2026, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Ankara for the fourth meeting of the Türkiye–Uzbekistan High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council.
The two leaders have met frequently over the past decade, including Erdogan’s working visit to Samarkand in 2016; Mirziyoyev’s state visit to Ankara in 2017; their March 2022 meeting in Tashkent, where they announced the upgrading of bilateral ties to a “comprehensive strategic partnership”; the June 2024 meeting in Ankara, during which they signed more than 20 bilateral agreements; and the Kazan BRICS Summit in October 2024.
Outcomes of the January 2026 Ankara Meeting
A leaders’ meeting rarely concludes without a flurry of agreements, and Erdogan and Mirziyoyev were no exception. They signed approximately a dozen bilateral agreements covering healthcare; education and military medicine; economic and financial cooperation; mining projects; international transport corridors; the establishment of free and special economic zones; migration and the return of citizens; the development of Uzbekistan’s light industry; and technical education,