Uzbeks and Saudis: Intercontinental Cooperation - Eastern Express - TVP World

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In this episode of Eastern Express, we explore Uzbekistan's monumental $34.2 billion investment deals with Turkey and Saudi Arabia. How is President Mirziyoyev reshaping the country's economic future? Join us as we dive into the strategic partnerships, new projects, and what this means for Uzbekistan's growth and regional influence.

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1. The old Ottoman Empire first expanded eastward to protect the Silk Road

setting up military outposts and trading towns along the way.

I said when the Ukraine war started that Russia had a soft underbelly and the 'stans were already getting restive, seeing their oil, gas and mineral wealth carted off to Moscow with little coming back to them. Plus, there's some majority Muslim territory to the north that used to be theirs and they want it back, oil wells and all.

Now that Russia has been so weakened by Putin's war, things could get very interesting.