Türkiye and Uzbekistan sign five documents, including social security accord

Following talks between Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Ankara, the sides signed five documents on social security, preferential trade, customs data exchange and the creation of a High Council for Business Support.

RuskiGazeta Editorial DeskOctober 29, 2026, 06:43 PMUpdated: October 30, 2026, 03:24 PM

Türkiye and Uzbekistan sign five documents, including social security accord

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who arrived in Ankara for the 13th summit of the Organization of Turkic States, held talks with Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the presidential complex on October 29. The meeting was closed to the press.

Following the talks, the sides signed five documents. The two countries' leaders personally signed the agreement establishing a High Council for Business Support, which is intended to facilitate mutual investment and increase trade.

Эрдоган и Мирзиёев обмениваются подписанными документами

Ministers sign social security agreement

Türkiye's Minister of Labour and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan and Uzbekistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bakhtiyor Saidov signed the social security agreement and an administrative agreement on its implementation. Such agreements generally allow the employment records and pension rights of citizens working in another country to be taken into account.

Türkiye's Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat and Uzbekistan's Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade Laziz Kudratov signed a protocol amending the Preferential Trade Agreement. Bolat and Saidov also signed an additional protocol to the March 29, 2022, protocol on exchanging advance information about vehicles and goods crossing the borders of the two countries.

The documents are expected to enter into force after ratification by the parliaments of both countries.

Erdoğan invites Mirziyoyev to COP31

Türkiye's Directorate of Communications said the meeting covered bilateral relations as well as regional and global issues. Erdoğan said Ankara and Tashkent would continue developing high-level strategic cooperation in trade, investment, mining, transport and the defense industry.

The Turkish leader also expressed hope that the Ankara summit would become an important milestone for the Organization of Turkic States and invited Mirziyoyev to the world leaders' summit held as part of the UN climate conference COP31, which will take place in Antalya.

Business Support Council

One of the signed documents was an agreement on the establishment of a High-Level Council for Business Community Support. According to the Ministry of Trade of Turkey, the co-chairs of the council will be Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz and the Head of the Administration of the President of Uzbekistan.

The council will meet regularly to give impetus to joint trade and investment projects and strengthen interaction between government agencies and business associations of the two countries. Thanks to its work, the parties expect to bring trade turnover to $5 billion in the short term and to $10 billion in the medium term.

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