Uzbekistan finalizes WTO accession talks with Britain

Uzbekistan has finalized World Trade Organization (WTO) accession talks with Britain, Azizbek Urunov, special representative of the president of Uzbekistan on WTO issues, said on Saturday.

Urunov announced the completion of bilateral negotiations with Britain on LinkedIn. "Since then we have gone through internal procedures to sign the Protocol on the margins of the 10th Working Party meeting in Geneva on June 12, 2025," he wrote.

Britain is the 24th country to finish bilateral market access negotiations with Uzbekistan, he added, noting that "a few more WTO members are left for the entire completion of bilaterals."

According to his press office, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on May 14 reviewed Uzbekistan's efforts and gave specific instructions to accelerate and systematically organize the accession process.

"As part of the bilateral track, negotiations have been held with 33 countries on market access, of which talks with 24 countries have already been successfully concluded," the press service said.