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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“... Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan ...” plus others make up the area that I refer to as ‘Krapistan’.
Suffix -stan comes from the Persian word for “land,” “place,” or “country”.
There are many more stans - Hindustan, Rajasthan, Baluchistan, Khuzestan, Lurestan, Larestan, Kurdistan, Nuristan, Baltistan, ...
Mostly administrative units of Asian countries under some historical influence of Persia.
So Hindustan = land populated by Hindus=India!
Since there are many tribes in Asia, there are many, many -stans!
And, BTW, you live in Ameristan. Canadastan or Inglistan.
There are also Germanistan, Frankistan, ...
The Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, have significant but largely untapped rare earth mineral reserves. These reserves are drawing increasing global interest as countries look to diversify away from China’s dominance in the rare earth market. However, the region faces challenges like infrastructure and processing capacity limitations that hinder its ability to fully capitalize on these resources alone.
The U.S. can be their partner because unlike Russia or China the U.S. has no territorial interest in them and any deal on minerals with the U.S. will not compromise that, whereas both Russia and China want some political influence on them.
Yes, but it looks like AssCrackistan won’t be there.
Rare earth minerals abound in that area of Asia. And the countries have limited ability to mine them.
Well played. I thought of this too.
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