US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on October 19.
They discussed ways to develop the Expanded Strategic Partnership between the United States and Kazakhstan ahead of the G20 summit scheduled for December.
Rubio thanked Kazakhstan for its strong support of President Donald Trump’s peace initiatives and reaffirmed US interest in expanding bilateral economic cooperation. Areas discussed included superintelligence, information and communications technology infrastructure, energy security and the development of natural resources.