Rubio heads to Central Asia while other US officials hit foreign policy hot spots
Rubio is leading a delegation of more than 200 business executives as Washington seeks investment deals and stronger ties with Central Asia and India.
- On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels to Uzbekistan to meet leaders from the C5+1 grouping connecting the United States with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
- Trump hosted these regional leaders at the White House last November, when Kazakhstan agreed to join the Abraham Accords, solidifying prior engagement with the region.
- More than 200 business executives will accompany Rubio to Uzbekistan, the State Department said. After Uzbekistan, he will visit Mumbai and Jamnagar, India, to meet Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani.
- The trip occurs as the Iran war smolders, Saudi Arabia fights the Houthis, and a new rift opens in US-Ukraine relations. Rubio has not visited Kyiv or Moscow since becoming secretary of state.
- While Rubio focuses on Central Asia and India, other officials manage different foreign policy hotspots. Vance represented the United States in Pakistan during peace talks with Iran in April.
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Rubio heads to Central Asia while other US officials hit foreign policy hot spots
While the Iran war smolders, Saudi Arabia fights the Houthis and a new rift opens in US-Ukraine relations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels on Sunday to Uzbekistan, a nation far removed from the biggest US foreign policy challenges.
Rubio heads to Central Asia as some wonder if he's keeping the most pressing matters at a distance
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has left Washington on his 31st trip abroad as America’s top diplomat, heading to Uzbekistan and India amid rumblings that he’s ignoring pressing matters in favor of more politically safe visits and meetings.
Radio France Internationale
US goes on the offensive in central Asia
With the United States mired in its war with Iran, and the conflict in Ukraine showing no signs of abating, Rubio has stepped up his foreign travel with recent trips to Europe and Latin America, smack in the middle of the US midterm election campaign. He has largely ceded control of the contentious Iran, Ukraine and Gaza situations to US President Donald Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Rubio will instead lead a massive de…
While the United States is entangled in the war with Iran and the war in Ukraine shows no sign of respite, Mr. Rubio has increased his travel abroad, having recently stayed in Europe and Latin America, in the midst of the American election campaign in preparation for the mid-term elections on 3 November. And he has largely delegated hot issues such as Iran, Ukraine or Gaza to the envoys of President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.…
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