Posted on 10/29/2025 5:49:29 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet next week with the leaders of five Central Asian countries, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing a source familiar with the meeting preparations.
White House representatives did not respond to requests for comment regarding the planned November 6 meeting, which, according to the source, will include the heads of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
Following visits with Uzbek officials in Central Asia, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau confirmed that President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan will meet with Trump in Washington next week. He noted that the visit “is intended to pave the way for a successful summit” of the regional leaders, posting the information on X on Tuesday.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev confirmed his participation in the summit over the past weekend and expressed gratitude to Trump for the invitation in a letter published on the official Telegram channel of his office.
This week, Trump is on a tour of Asia, including a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, who has expressed interest in establishing contacts with Uzbekistan. Historically, Central Asian countries have been within Russia’s sphere of influence.
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That’s a lot of Stans.
Watch out for those Uzbeks, don’t give them money or matches.
Yes. All the ‘stans’ except Pakistan and Afghanistan were former Soviet Republics, and the Soviets tried to take Afghanistan. The Soviets also had good relations with Pakistan until the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, when Pakistan then became a staging ground for the mujahedin. Complex Geo political considerations over there. I’m assuming Trump is using this as some additional form of leverage against Putin.
HAHAHA, I was about to post the exact same thing, good job.
Make ****stan Great Again
Farah? Is that you?
The Trump Five Stan Summit.
I understan.....................
We need to replace Bagram over there.
Stanley! My good man.
Trump diplomacy is using trade, not military forts, to ring the Heartland
Stan land.
That’s a lot of Stans...
That’s a lot of Stans...
Musial, Mikita, Laurel, Getz......
beat me to it :) Well played
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