CENTRAL ASIA

Rubio Meets Central Asian Foreign Ministers in Samarkand

Marco Rubio held talks with Uzbekistan’s foreign minister and counterparts from four other Central Asian states during a C5+1 ministerial gathering in Samarkand.

BharatVox · 19 October 2026 at 04:00 pm IST

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio — archive photograph (2025-01-23); not the reported event — U.S. Department of State, Public domain

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Uzbek Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov in Samarkand on Monday, October 19, to discuss strengthening the US-Uzbekistan strategic partnership, India Global Review reported.

The two also attended a signing ceremony for the Artemis Accords. During the C5+1 ministerial gathering, Rubio held talks with the foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan as Washington pursued closer relations with Central Asian countries.

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