US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Samarkand, where he was welcomed at the international airport by Saida Mirziyoyeva, head of Uzbekistan’s Presidential Administration, and other officials, the National News Agency of Uzbekistan (UzA) reported.
Rubio is scheduled to meet with his Central Asian counterparts at a ministerial meeting in the C5+1 format to discuss key priorities for cooperation between the United States and Central Asian countries.
A meeting of the US-Uzbekistan Business and Investment Council will also be held in Samarkand tomorrow, with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Rubio expected to attend.
More than 200 American business representatives are expected to visit Uzbekistan for the event, reflecting growing interest among US companies in the country.
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