India-Uzbekistan Relations: Economic Perspectives

India-Uzbekistan relations are the most important cooperation at the world map in the 21st century. Both countries have stride for improving their bilateral relations in the area of emerging multilateral world. For India, Central Asian region is having the great importance in terms of trade and commercial perspective. For Uzbekistan, India is very important country by having financial and cultural links and also providing access to the South Asia in Indian Ocean, East Asian countries. Uzbekistan is also important country to India in the context of natural resources which is vibrant connection for an emerging economic engagement. On the other hand, being „hot spot‟ in international politics, Central Asia has attracted the major powers. These powers are engaged in fierce competition over natural resources in the region. The competition is popularly known as the „New Great Game‟. India is one of them as the major player in this new great game in the region. On the other side, Uzbekistan is very important country in terms of its population and natural resource profile and its location in the region. The bilateral relations between India and Uzbekistan are serving very important role for maintaining peace and security in the region and at the international level as well. Both countries are serving national interest to each other. At last, the both countries‟ relations are play catalyst role in promoting development in the respective country and largely in the region. Thus, the paper try to explore an assessment and overall development of trade and commercial ties between India and Uzbekistan in the Post-cold war period.