Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu will travel to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan on 11-16 December. 

The delegation will include Deputy Assistant Secretary Kara McDonald, of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, and other senior State Department officials.

The US delegation will participate in the U.S.-Uzbekistan Strategic Partnership Dialogue. These discussions, along with bilateral meetings with senior government officials, will further our close cooperation on bilateral and regional issues including regional security, human rights, and trade.

Assistant Secretary Lu and Deputy Assistant Secretary McDonald will also engage with members of civil society.