India-Uzbekistan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and India's Central Asia Strategy

India-Uzbekistan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and India's Central Asia Strategy Why in News?

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a State Visit to Uzbekistan on 29-30 August 2026.
• The visit renewed focus on India's Central Asia policy and its strategic engagement with Uzbekistan.
• Official outcomes included a Cultural **Exchange Programme **for 2026-30.
• India and Uzbekistan agreed to cooperate on conservation and restoration of the Buddhist sites of Fayaz Tepa and Kara Tepa at Termez.
• Archival cooperation and an MoU on Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine were also part of the outcomes.
• Both sides reviewed trade and investment, Digital Public Infrastructure, , defence and security, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, critical minerals, agriculture, education, tourism, space and people-to-people ties. Syllabus Linkage