142 ОБ З ОР Ы , ВОСТОК (ORIENS) 2017 № 1 И Н Ф ОР М А Ц И И ЭКОНОМИКА И ПОЛИТИКА INDIA – UZBEKISTAN DIPLOMATIC AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW © 2017 Durbek B. SAYFULLAEV Bilateral relations of India and Uzbekistan have always based on relevant national interests that coincided from time to time. <...> Автор приходит к выводу о том, что взаимоотношения двух стран всегда основывались на соответствующих национальных интересах, которые время от времени совпадали. <...> Engagement of India in Central Asia has been manifested mainly in development of bilateral relations with Central Asian republics (CARs). <...> Those were not just a mere result of “matter of historical continuity” [Mann, 2001, p. 2048], but also an understanding that Uzbekistan, in particular, was ‘well poised to emerge as a “core” country and assume the leadership of Central Asia’ [Asopa, 2003, p. 174; Stobdan, 2009, p. 3]. <...> The development of bilateral relations was based, primarily, on the understanding that the “desired stability of Central Asia” depended on not an ephemeral regional cooperation, but on the success of individual CARs. <...> In other words, the attempt Durbek B. SAYFULLAEV– Senior fellow applicant, Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. <...> САЙФУЛЛАЕВ Дурбек Бахтиёрович – старший научный сотрудник-соискатель, Ташкентский государственный институт востоковедения, Ташкент, Узбекистан. <...> INDIA – UZBEKISTAN: DIPLOMATIC AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS 143 of New Delhi to conduct affairs with CARs and, in particular with Uzbekistan, was dictated by its willingness to gain the momentum breaking the obstacles imposed by its late reaction to developments in the region that was mainly caused due to lack of direct geographical access to the region [Kavalski, 2007, p. 854]. <...> In August, 2012, Uzbekistan’s Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis (Parliament) ratified the foreign policy Concept that provides deep and detailed insight into Uzbekistan’s strategy [Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2012]. <...> Based upon the developments in the world and region and also national interests of the Republic of Uzbekistan the following key provisions were formulated in the Concept: “The Republic of Uzbekistan reserves <...>