Mirziyoyev opens TIIF with an invitation and a framework; Germany and Tajikistan respond
Mirziyoyev told nearly 4,000 delegates Uzbekistan's doors will always remain open and framed investment as a partnership, not a capital transfer. Germany's president arrived for a bilateral focused on industry and labour. Tajikistan set a $2 billion trade target.
A good week to be pitching Central Asia
TIIF in Tashkent, the IsDB in Baku, and the Iran deal ticking toward Geneva have converged in a single week. The timing is not accidental. Central Asia has a window, and Uzbekistan in particular is spending it hard.
Mirziyoyev opens the investment forum his country has been building toward
The fifth Tashkent International Investment Forum opened its plenary on 17 June with €75 billion in projects on the table. Uzbekistan is pitching itself as Central Asia's investment hub in front of more than 8,300 delegates from 100 countries.
Tashkent opens its biggest investment forum yet, with a new financial center as the prize
Uzbekistan opened the fifth Tashkent International Investment Forum on 16 June, with 3,423 delegates from 100 countries and a new common-law financial center at its core. The pitch is stability and reform, sold to capital that has grown choosier about where it goes.