An agreement with Antonov could revive TMZ's past as one of the biggest aircraft assembly plants in Central Asia.

900 state assets will be sold in 2021 and abolish the practice of selling state property at a starting price of 1 Uzbek soum ($1=10,587 soums).

Revenue dropped as the COVID-19 crisis caused global oil prices to plummet, and Azerbaijan committed to produce less oil under an OPEC+ deal.