USAID Administrator Samantha Power is traveling to Uzbekistan, where the C5+1 ministerial meeting will be held
The administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power will visit Uzbekistan on October 23-24. She will hold the first Ministerial meeting on regional cooperation in the C5+1 format (Central Asian countries + the USA) and confirm "the commitment of the US government to the independence, sovereignty and prosperity of the countries of the region," the agency's press service reports.
Since 2015, the C5+1 dialogue has been the main diplomatic platform of the US government for interaction with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the report says.
"The Ministerial Meeting on Development will strengthen this platform by bringing together ministers from all five countries [of the region] to take concrete measures to promote inclusive, sustainable economic development in Central Asia, with a focus on regional connectivity, trade, economic growth and entrepreneurship, climate and energy solutions, as well as opportunities for young people," they said. in USAID.
The fact that USAID will convene a regional ministerial conference "C5+1" on connectivity in Central Asia in October was announced in September at the first summit of the presidents of the United States and the countries of the region in the "C5+1" format in New York.
Samantha Power took over USAID in May 2021. She is also a member of the US National Security Council. Previously, she was the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations (2013-2017), Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and Senior Director for Multilateral Relations and Human Rights of the National Security Council (2009-2013). She started her career as a war correspondent, is the author of a number of books and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Time magazine included her in the list of the 100 most influential people, and Forbes named her one of the 100 most influential women on the planet.
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