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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Samarkand

Source: Gazeta.uz ·

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Samarkand
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Samarkand on Sunday evening with his wife. It is his first visit to Central Asia.

At the airport he was met by Saida Mirziyoyeva, head of the Presidential Administration of Uzbekistan; Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov; US special envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gor; US Ambassador Jonathan Hunek; and Samarkand regional leaders. Mirziyoyeva wrote on her Telegram channel that she was glad to welcome Rubio to historic Samarkand.

On Monday, the second meeting of the US-Uzbekistan Business and Investment Council and a C5+1 meeting of foreign ministers from the region and the US will take place there. Rubio and Saidov will also hold the first round of the Dialogue on Expanded Strategic Partnership. More than 200 major American companies are arriving with Rubio. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has also arrived in Samarkand and will attend the council and hold talks with Rubio.

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