Uzbekistan

Stan’s the name: Inside Israel’s growing partnerships across Central Asia

From energy and agriculture to security and tourism, Israel’s ties with the Central Asian 'Stans' are ever-expanding.

DECEMBER 12, 2025|ByALEX WINSTON

Then-President Shimon Peres (L) and then-president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev raise a toast at the reception at the President’s Residence in Astana during Peres’s visit to Kazakhstan in 2009.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev

Iran arranges diplomatic visit to Abraham Accords member Kazakhstan

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian's trip is part of a broader Iranian outreach to countries in Central Asia, including Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.

DECEMBER 10, 2025|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

PROTESTERS, MOSTLY Houthi supporters, sit along an Iranian flag at a demonstration in support of Palestinians and Iran, in Sanaa last week. Aggression by proxies such as the Houthis must be treated as direct Iranian attacks, says the writer.

Iran engages in diplomatic blitz, strengthening ties with Iraq, Uzbekistan, UAE - analysis

Amid tensions with Israel and the US, Iran is ramping up diplomacy to build a "multipolar order," strengthening ties with Iraq, the UAE, and Uzbekistan to safeguard its regional influence.

NOVEMBER 11, 2025|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

A drone view of the downtown with the dome of the Khan Shatyr Shopping and Entertainment Center in Astana, Kazakhstan October 10, 2025.

Cove Capital to mine Kazakhstan tungsten in Trump-announced deal

Cove Capital will control 70% of the joint venture, while Tau-Ken Samruk will control product marketing, according to a document seen by Reuters

NOVEMBER 6, 2025|ByREUTERS

Ancient ship traded rare metals by traveling in Middle East 2,000 years ago - study

The tin had planned to travel to markets in the Middle East that were supposedly going to be made into a coveted bronze metal..

DECEMBER 2, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Strengthening ties between the Holon Institute of Technology and Uzbekistan

Prof. Eduard Yakubov, HIT president, reviews the Israel-Uzbekistan International Summit of Academy and Science.

NOVEMBER 24, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM

Members of the HIT delegation and Uzbekistan academic officials at the National University of Uzbekistan

How did an IDF soldier avoid trouble during emergency landing in Iran?

Mossad officials contacted the soldier, telling her not to identify herself as Israeli, and she attempted not to bring any attention to herself.

NOVEMBER 3, 2022ByMAARIV ONLINE

Iranian flag is seen at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as Albania cuts ties with Iran and orders diplomats to leave over cyberattack, in Tirana, Albania, September 8, 2022

Central Asian countries ban citizens from participating in Ukraine war

Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan also warned their citizens of legal repercussions in case of involvement in the war in Ukraine.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Russian soldiers march in Almaty, Kazakhstan, January 13, 2022

Largest meeting of Israeli academics outside Israel led by HIT

The meeting was held during the the Israel-Uzbekistan International Summit of Academy and Science that is being held in Tashkent, Bukhara, and Samarkand, from September 5-11.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM

Left to right: Albert Pinhasov, rector of Ariel University, Mr. Yaakov Mushiachov, Mr. Shmuel Goldberg, CEO of HIT, Mr. Pini Cohen, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of HIT, and Professor Eduard Yakubov, president of HIT, at Bukhara State University.

Israel-Uzbekistan STEM Conference gets under way in Tashkent

“As a son of both Uzbekistan and Israel, I am trying to build bridges between the two countries.”

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM

FROM LEFT: Prof. Adir Pridor, Prof. Eduard Yakubov, Prof. Shavkat Ayupov, Academician of the Academy of Science Pinchas Cohen, Ambassador to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan Zehavit Ben-Hillel, Shmuel Goldberg

China to resume visa issuance to Afghans, exempt Afghan imports from tax

Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the measures when he met Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed foreign affairs chief in Uzbekistan on Thursday, according to a statement on the ministry website.

JULY 29, 2022ByREUTERS