Tajikistan–Uzbekistan relations refers to the relations between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan. During the presidency of Islam Karimov, analysts said that the two countries are "engaged in an undeclared cold war" [1] and have the worst bilateral relations in Central Asia. [2]

Sadriddin Ayni, National poet of Tajikistan, was a Tajik born in the Uzbek ruled Emirate of Bukhara. The Tajiks of Uzbekistan are an ethnic group residing in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Jun 17, 2024 · Certain cities in Uzbekistan, including Samarkand, have a significant Tajik-speaking population. Tajik is a Persian-based language and shares similarities with Farsi (Persian). Therefore, it is likely that Farsi is also spoken to some extent in Samarkand.

1 day ago · On March 31, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev, and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov met in Khujand, Tajikistan, for a first-of-its-kind trilateral Central Asian summit.

Tajiks (Persian: تاجيک، تاجک, romanized: Tājīk, Tājek; Tajik: Тоҷик, romanized: Tojik) is the name of various Persian-speaking [16] Eastern Iranian groups of people native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.Even though the term Tajik does not refer to a cohesive cross-national ethnic group, [17] [18] Tajiks are the largest ethnicity in ...

Unlike most other minorities in Uzbekistan, Tajiks are indigenous to the region and have nowhere else to go, given the instability and economic situation in Tajikistan. Some Tajiks in Uzbekistan are rural-dwellers; but most are concentrated in the regions around the cities of Bukhara, closer to the border with Turkmenistan, and Samarkand ...

Sep 6, 2016 · Most independent observers believe Tajiks still form the majority of people in Bukhara, Samarkand, and most of southern Uzbekistan, based on censuses from the late Russian Empire and that they...

Aug 17, 2023 · Five years ago, the first visit of the President of Tajikistan to Uzbekistan took place after a 20-year break. Following the high-level talks, Emomali Rahmon and Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a strategic partnership agreement, and relations between the …

Jan 12, 2022 · In 1991, the Tajiks attacked Uzbek goods brought into Tajikistan in retaliation to the ban placed on Tajik goods in Uzbekistan. This was after the breakup of the Soviet Union, further straining the relationship of both nations.

Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are engaged in an "undeclared Cold War" and have the worst bilateral relations in Central Asia (Sadykov, 2013: 14). In this regard, Uzbekistan, although it has no territorial claims on Tajikistan, has so far failed to accept Tajikistan's independence.