AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoLabor Law Update: Uzbekistan’s Legislative Chamber advanced a draft law requiring employers to compensate workers for delayed wages, while also simplifying hiring paperwork and pushing digitalization of labor relations—though the bill still leaves the daily compensation formula unclear. Higher Education Expansion: The government approved a major 2026–2027 admissions boost to over 234,000 full-time bachelor places, including 36,023 state-funded scholarships, prioritizing engineering, IT, teacher training, and agriculture. Regional Diplomacy (Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan): In Ashgabat, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan signed new foreign-ministry and international information security documents for 2027–2028, and held further political consultations ahead of major regional summits. Central Asia Connectivity: Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan’s talks also touched on energy, transport, and logistics cooperation, while regional reporting highlights the push to deepen land corridors like CASCA+ and the China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway. SAF Industrial Push: Topsoe and Sasol signed a licensing deal with Allied Biofuels for an eSAF facility in Uzbekistan’s Khorezm region, combining SynCOR and Fischer-Tropsch tech for scalable sustainable aviation fuel. International Spotlight: A U.S. State Department-linked TRIPP+ fund appointed Russian-born American investor Konstantin Sokolov as chairman, with plans to finance transport, energy, digital tech, and critical minerals across Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
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