Central Asia–U.S. Summit in Washington. Photo: Press Service of the President of Tajikistan
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has proposed creating an investment partnership fund within the Central Asia–U.S. format (“C5+1”). He announced the initiative during the C5+1 Summit held in Washington on November 6, according to his press service.
Mirziyoyev emphasized the importance of launching the Central Asian Investment Partnership Fund, which would operate at the ministerial level within the Coordinating Council for Investments and Trade. The goal is to establish a systematic dialogue between government institutions, companies, and financial organizations.
The president also put forward several additional proposals:
• Establish a permanent rotating Secretariat hosted in participating countries of the C5+1 dialogue.
• Work more actively with the United States on major transport-communication and energy projects connecting Central Asia with the South Caucasus and Europe.
• Create a Special Committee to coordinate cooperation on the exploration, production, and advanced processing of critical minerals, as well as promoting finished goods in global supply chains.
• Launch a Regional Partnership for Agrotechnology Innovation to modernize agriculture through American technologies.
• Organize exhibitions of Central Asian cultural heritage in leading U.S. museums as part of humanitarian cooperation.
Mirziyoyev also expressed readiness to host the next C5+1 Summit in Samarkand.
Leaders of other Central Asian states welcomed deeper dialogue with the United States:
• Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev highlighted economic cooperation, noting that the U.S., having invested over $100 billion, remains the country’s largest investor and a “perpetual engine” of growth. He stressed that strategic partnership status was formalized during Donald Trump’s presidency.
• Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov pointed to hydropower, transport connectivity, IT and artificial intelligence as priority areas, while also underscoring the importance of developing financial and banking cooperation to boost trade and investment.
• Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon emphasized promising cooperation in green energy and the mining and processing of natural resources.
• Turkmenistan’s President Serdar Berdimuhamedov expressed confidence that the Summit’s outcomes would enhance cooperation in security, energy, and environmental issues.
The second C5+1 Summit was chaired by U.S. President Donald Trump and brought together the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
