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Uzbekistan signs the Artemis Accords, 77th nation to join

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Uzbekistan's foreign minister signed the Artemis Accords in Samarkand as Secretary of State Rubio toured Central Asia.

Image: gazeta.uz
// sources · 4 attached
  1. [1]mainstream pressgazeta.uz↗
  2. [2]mainstream press · corroborationtimesca.com↗
  3. [3]mainstream press · corroborationuzdaily.uz↗
  4. [4]informal · corroborationbehindtheblack.com↗

what happened

Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov signed the Artemis Accords on October 19 in Samarkand, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attending following their bilateral meeting, per Gazeta.uz and Times of Central Asia. Uzbekistan becomes the 77th country to join the accords. Saidov said the agreement opens opportunities to expand cooperation with NASA and other signatory space agencies and will support training for Uzbek specialists and technology transfer, per Gazeta.uz.

why it matters

Accession carries no contract on its own, but NASA has used it to gate partner access to lunar-surface and CLPS-adjacent opportunities, and it signals a widening US diplomatic push in Central Asia that touches space cooperation alongside critical-minerals and infrastructure deals discussed the same week.

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Event date
2026-10-19
Published
2026-10-19 17:26 UTC
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