The main Armenian communities were in the Uzbek cities of Bukhara, Khiva, Andijan, Kokand and Tashkent.

Consequently, Uzbekistan had its own Armenian militias fighting on the side of Tashkent, and for its efforts, soon became recognized among Uzbek citizens.

[5] Owned by this closeness, Armenia and Uzbekistan established official tie following the fall of USSR.

[8][9] On 11 October 2019, Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met for first-ever official negotiations between the two countries.

An Armenian government statement subsequently said that Mirziyoyev and Pashinian agreed to expand relations between their nations.