Shavkat Mirziyoyev calls for stronger Central Asia–U.S. partnership through new institutions

In his remarks, President Mirziyoyev emphasized that over the past decade, the C5+1 platform has proven to be an effective mechanism for developing regional trade, transport, and energy connectivity. He expressed confidence that this year’s summit would take strategic dialogue between Central Asia and the United States to a new level.

Mirziyoyev outlined several key initiatives to strengthen regional cooperation and expand economic partnerships:

• Establishing a Permanent Secretariat, with its headquarters rotating among member states;

• Creating a Ministerial Coordination Council on Investment and Trade to promote systematic dialogue between government agencies, companies, and financial institutions;

• Launching a Central Asia Investment Partnership Fund;

• Enhancing collaboration with the United States on major transport, communication, and energy projects linking Central Asia with the South Caucasus and Europe;

• Setting up a Special Committee on Critical Minerals to coordinate exploration, extraction, and processing, and to integrate finished products into global supply chains;

• Developing a Regional Agrotechnology Innovation Partnership to modernize agriculture through American technologies;

• Organizing joint cultural exhibitions dedicated to Central Asian heritage at leading U.S. museums to strengthen humanitarian ties.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev also proposed hosting the next C5+1 summit in Samarkand, noting Uzbekistan’s commitment to advancing regional dialogue and partnership.

The summit concluded with speeches from the other Central Asian leaders and the adoption of several multilateral documents aimed at deepening cooperation within the C5+1 framework.