Deepening Bilateral Ties and Trade Growth: Uzbekistan and Georgia have elevated relations through high-level visits, a Strategic Partnership Declaration, and plans for Uzbekistan’s first embassy in Tbilisi; bilateral trade has tripled from $89 million in 2017 to $267 million in 2025, with ambitions to reach $1 billion and expand use of Georgian Black Sea ports for Uzbek cargo.

Multi-Vector 2.0 and Corridor Strategy: Uzbekistan’s foreign policy prioritizes economic pragmatism and diversification for its double-landlocked geography, developing the Trans-Caspian Middle Corridor (via Alat district) and Trans-Afghan routes while reducing reliance on single transit corridors through partnerships with medium-sized states like Georgia.

Regional Integration and Great-Power Alignment: Efforts to fuse Central Asia and the South Caucasus (including C6 format with Azerbaijan) strengthen the Middle Corridor as an alternative to sanctioned northern routes; this aligns with China’s Belt and Road, the EU’s Global Gateway, and supports Uzbekistan’s broader goals of WTO accession and enhanced Eurasian connectivity.

The nations of Central Asia and the Caucasus have had a relationship of good neighborhood and trade cooperation for centuries. Throughout their long history of statehood, Uzbekistan and Georgia have also maintained close economic and cultural ties. Diplomatic relations between Uzbekistan and Georgia were established on Aug. 19, 1994. Since then, bilateral political dialogue has been developing consistently. In September 1995, the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, considered the main legal document of the relationship, was signed. President Mirziyoyev’s first state visit to Georgia in 23 years, the signing of the Strategic Partnership Declaration, and the decision to open Uzbekistan’s first-ever embassy in Tbilisi during this high-level visit are intended to take political ties between the two nations to a new level and expand cooperation in the future. 

Political cooperation has continued to deepen through reciprocal high-level visits. Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov visited Georgia in 2023, while Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze paid a reciprocal official visit to Uzbekistan in 2025. During his visit, Kobakhidze met with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the heads of both chambers of the Oliy Majlis. This growing cooperation will significantly boost trade and transit between Central Asia and the South Caucasus. The effectiveness of these institutional mechanisms is evident in the consistently positive performance of bilateral economic relations, particularly in trade. The bilateral trade volume between Uzbekistan and Georgia has increased by three times over nine years, from $89.1 million in 2017 to $267 million in 2025. 

Bilateral relations between Uzbekistan and Georgia are also important in the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), also known as the Middle Corridor, as well as in the formation of alternative trade routes. Uzbekistan exports industrial goods, including non-ferrous metals, copper wire, rolled metal products, and electrical equipment, as well as food products, fruit, tobacco, and chemical products. Georgia, in turn, exports beverages, pharmaceuticals, and construction materials to Uzbekistan. 

Mutual economic ties and logistics between Uzbekistan and Georgia are still solid. At present, about 100 companies operating under the Georgian brand are active in Uzbekistan, and more than 140 Uzbek companies operate in Georgia. Moreover, by the end of 2025, joint traffic reached 146.8 thousand tons. Both sides want to increase trade relations from $270 million to $1 billion and utilize the Black Sea ports of Poti and Batumi for Uzbek cargo. Also, the formation of land routes connecting China and Europe, and a double connection, can lead Uzbekistan and Georgia to become a hub of trade and transport, and as a result, against the background of current geopolitical changes, economic growth is likely to increase........

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