Uzbekistan and Iraq established diplomatic relations in 1993. For the next three decades, relations between them remained limited. However, in 2025, the President of Uzbekistan ordered the dispatch of a trade envoy to Iraq, and the first Uzbekistan–Iraq Investment and Business Forum was held on December 23, 2025 in Baghdad. Furthermore, this January , a large Iraqi business delegation, led by the Iraqi minister of trade, visited Uzbekistan to participate in the forum, laying the foundation for sustained trade and investment cooperation…