AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoKorea-Central Asia push: South Korea is deepening ties with Uzbekistan and the region after the inaugural Korea–Central Asia summit in Seoul, with new cooperation spanning education and AI (Uzbekistan to add Korean to its national academic competition), customs and anti-counterfeit work (MOUs with Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan), and trade deals (KOTRA-led business partnership produced 16 export contracts worth about $14m). Finance and business links: Shinhan Financial Group signed back-to-back agreements to support Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan with a planned $200m financing facility for Uzbek institutions, while UZEX and PhillipCapital launched UZEX Global to connect Uzbekistan with international commodity futures markets. Samarkand spotlight: The World Summit on Child Well-Being and Future will be held in Samarkand on Oct 21–22, drawing 100+ countries and including a pediatric oncology congress. Sports, with Uzbekistan in the mix: Pakistan boycotted its Chess Olympiad match against Israel in Samarkand, and Uzbekistan’s Nasaf drew Bahrain’s Al Khaldiya 0-0 in AFC Champions League Two.
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