Key facts
- Kazakhstan fielded the largest foreign delegation at the three-day B20 in Washington, per Eurasianet.
- Kazakhstan titled its B20 roundtable From Strategic Partnership to Concrete Projects, per Eurasianet.
- Uzbek Trade Minister Laziz Kudratov said the groundwork for US deals has been established.
- Kudratov said Uzbekistan wants to build on momentum and develop new mutually beneficial partnerships.
- Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev plan to attend the G20 in Miami.
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan used the B20 business summit in Washington, which concluded on November 11, 2026, to press US companies for concrete investment agreements, according to a report by Eurasianet. Both delegations included government ministers rather than business representatives alone, and Kazakhstan fielded the largest foreign delegation at the three-day event, which the US Chamber of Commerce hosted.
Kazakhstan built its roundtable around the theme From Strategic Partnership to Concrete Projects, a title Eurasianet said underscored Astana's wish to move from statements to signed agreements. Uzbek Trade Minister Laziz Kudratov told a B20-sponsored breakfast event that the groundwork for deals had been established. "We want to build on this momentum and develop new mutually beneficial partnerships," Kudratov said, according to Eurasianet.
Eurasianet reported that the B20, an October C5+1 ministerial meeting in Samarkand attended by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the five Central Asian foreign ministers, and a business forum attended by a delegation of more than 200 US executives had prepared the ground for deals. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev plan to attend the G20 summit in Miami on December 14 and 15, where both capitals hope to close agreements on the sidelines, the report said.