Uzbekistan’s state company Toshkent Metropoliteni and Russia's Metrovagonmash signed a 52.85 million euros ($63 million) contract for the purchase of ten trains for the Tashkent metro.

Uzbekistan is selling off state properties, including the former local KGB headquarters - and later the Uzbek Security Service.

The recent establishment of a special judicial panel to review investment cases or disputes – which formally began work early this year – was another sign of the country’s sprint to attract major international investors.

The European Union (EU) has accepted Uzbekistan as a beneficiary country of the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (GSP+)  in a move recognising the country's ongoing reforms.

Companies from Uzbekistan and Russia agreed to implement 33 projects worth $2.2 billion in various sectors of Uzbekistan’s economy following a three-day visit of the biggest ever Russian business delegation to the Central Asian country. Russia is Uzbekistan's second largest trade partner and the ties between Moscow and Tashkent have warmed up since President Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power four years ago. Last year Uzbekistan obtained observer status at the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union.

Uzbekistan plans to boost the capacity of its renewable energy projects and aims to attract $1.8 billion investment to develop the largest wind farm in Central Asia, in a move to produce clean energy, strengthen the security of supply and combat climate change.

Uzbekistan has appointed Deloitte, Grant Thornton, and KPMG to advise the State Assets Management Agency (UzSAMA) on the sale of 18 state-owned enterprises and ensure transparency in the privatisation process.

Uzbekistan has put several major state-owned real estate assets up for sale, offering them to domestic and foreign investors as a part of the government’s programme to reform the economy.