India and Uzbekistan Elevate Ties to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Shavkat Mirziyoyev elevated bilateral relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during delegation-level talks held at the Kuksaroy Presidential Palace in Tashkent on August 30, 2026.

The two leaders set a bilateral trade target of $5 billion by 2030 and participated in a joint tree-planting ceremony at the Presidential Palace to support sustainability initiatives.

President Mirziyoyev conferred the Oliy Darajali Do’stlik Order, Uzbekistan’s highest honour for foreign leaders, upon Mr. Modi before his scheduled departure for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan.