The Central Asian country is making efforts to improve its investment climate after more than two decades of economic isolation. The closed, autarkic system viewed most foreign investments as a threat. That ended when Islam Karimov, who had led Uzbekistan since before the Soviet breakup, died in 2016.

Turkey's TAV Airports bought an international airport in Kazakhstan's second biggest city of Almaty and plans to invest $200 million in expanding its capacity, the Kazakhstan Infrastructure Fund said.