US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and Mumbai and Jamnagar, India, from October 17 to 22, the US Department of State has announced.
In Uzbekistan, Rubio will participate in the C5+1 ministerial meeting, which aims to strengthen strategic cooperation between the United States and Central Asian countries and promote a more peaceful and prosperous future.
He will also hold bilateral meetings with senior officials from the five Central Asian countries: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan.
“On this historic visit, Secretary Rubio will lead a U.S. commercial delegation comprised of over 200 business leaders, ushering in a new era of strengthened commercial cooperation for the United States and Central Asia,” the statement said.
Rubio’s upcoming visit to Uzbekistan and his plans to lead a business delegation representing more than 100 American companies to Samarkand were announced in September.
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