Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 3 February 2020, a meeting of the heads of the foreign affairs agencies of the countries of Central Asia and the United States of America in the format “C5 + 1” was held in Tashkent.

Foreign ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Mukhtar Tleuberdi, the Kyrgyz Republic - Chingiz Aidarbekov, the Republic of Tajikistan - Sirojidin Mukhriddin, Turkmenistan - Rashid Meredov, the Republic of Uzbekistan - Abdulaziz Kamilov and the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo took part in the Tashkent meeting.

In the speeches of the heads of delegations, it was noted that the format of ministerial meetings launched in 2015 in Samarkand has established itself as a sought-after and effective mechanism for maintaining and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation.

The ministerial meeting also held an exchange of views on pressing regional issues, in particular the situation in Afghanistan.