US, Central Asian foreign leaders attend C5+1 summit in Uzbekistan

On Friday, US officials and Central Asian foreign ministers met in Uzbekistan, to conclude C5+1 summit, which was primarily focused on Afghanistan. two-day event took place in Tashkent on July 15-16 focused on exploring ways to enhance connectivity between Central Asia and South Asia through tre, transportation, and energy. Among many leers that attended meeting were Deputy Prime Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Mukhriddin, Deputy Chairman of Cabinet of Ministers Rashid Meredov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov, just to name a few.

Withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan

US Department of State officials te that participants discussed promoting a more robust platform for C5+1 to dress common issues, leing to a withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by August 31, and joint efforts to spur ecomic recovery. C5+1 countries affirmed ir commitment to enhancing engment through regional diplomatic platform and seeking opportunities to strengn connectivity between Central and South Asian regions via tre, transport, and energy links during two-day event held in Tashkent on July 15-16.

C5+ 1's commitment to enhancing region's security and stability, tably through Afghan peace negotiations, is reinforced by visionary plans for Central Asia's ecomic growth and greater links to ecomies of South Asia, according to statement. C5+1 also aims to build on its collaborative progress on connectivity, such as facilitating tre, transportation, and communication between South and Central Asia, particularly through Afghanistan.

As part of plan, Afghanistan will have increased security, energy, ecomic, and tre cooperation, as well as work toger to resolve problems and minimize risk to regional security, prosperity, and stability.