AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoUzbek-Serbia Deal Push: Uzbekistan and Serbia signed a strategic partnership package in Belgrade covering transport, renewable energy, agriculture, digitalization, and labor mobility, with plans for a working group toward a possible free trade agreement and a direct Belgrade–Tashkent air route. BRICS Summit Watch: India opened the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi (Sept 12-13) under “resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability,” with leaders including Xi, Putin and Pezeshkian expected to shape the agenda; Iran urged wider use of national currencies and more local-currency trade mechanisms. Uzbekistan in Finance: Uzbekistan ranks second in Central Asia for outstanding IMF loans, with about $101.2m (73.64m SDRs) tied to COVID-era emergency financing. Aral Sea Water Diplomacy: Central Asian states met in Turkmenistan to advance a UN Special Programme for the Aral Sea Basin, focusing on shared water-resource management and cooperation mechanisms. Trade Compliance Pressure: Ukrainian pharma exporters asked Uzbekistan for clarity on renewing GMP certificates and road transport permits, warning that expiring certificates and exhausted permits could disrupt medicine supplies.
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