The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership takes bilateral ties beyond diplomacy, encompassing energy, defence, trade and regional connectivity

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day state visit to Uzbekistan on August 29-30 — his fourth to the country — produced more than ceremony. At Tashkent’s Kuksaroy Presidential Palace, Modi and President Shavkat Mirziyoyev agreed to elevate the 15-year-old India-Uzbekistan Strategic Partnership to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, timed with Uzbekistan’s 35th Independence Day. Modi was also conferred the ‘Oliy Darajali Do’stlik’ Order, Uzbekistan’s highest honour for a foreign leader and his 36th international award. Beyond symbolism, the visit yielded substance: sixteen outcomes, by official count.

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