The United States is “strongly committed to the prosperity, sovereignty, stability, and security of the five Central Asian countries as well as a vision of regional economic connectivity through its New Silk Road initiative”, says the Office of the Spokesperson of the U.S. State Department.
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What Kerry did experience, however, was a series of sometimes awkward encounters with long-ruling autocrats who tolerate little dissent and in a few cases cultivate idiosyncratic cults of personality.
Kerry was in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Saturday – his 1st stop on the five-nation tour. US …
Both sides confirmed their readiness for further joint efforts to promote global peace and security and counteract modern challenges and threats, which are a concern for all of humanity.
A brief State Department readout from the meeting said issues raised included “respect for human rights and political freedoms”.
“The key area with Kazakhstan is that they do have the potential to play a leadership role in the region”, said a senior USA official traveling with Kerry.
But USA and Central Asian officials argue the republics’ relationship with Washington gives them leverage to assert their own agenda in the face of their bigger neighbours.
The move comes as the U.S. continues to withdraw troops from that war-torn country. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights rebuked the government last month after dozens of party members were arrested and charged with involvement in armed violence.
Kerry and Abdyldaev earlier in the day took part in a ceremony that marked the official opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes an opening statement at the start of a meeting with Tajik P …
The human rights situation in Tajikistan has been deteriorating for the past two years, according to Human Rights Watch.
Like Tajikistan, Turkmenistan’s rights record is widely criticized.
Worldwide human rights bodies list Karimov’s government as among the world’s most repressive. Berdymukhamedov has run the country with an iron grip since taking over in 2006.
The fact sheet said the United States has provided more than 30 million dollars since 2002 to support the American University of Central Asia (AUCA).
Secretary Kerry met with Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov today to discuss U.S.-Uzbekistan relations and to review opportunities to cooperate on a range of bilateral and regional issues. He also said Ashgabat and Washington would sign a memorandum of understanding on “strategic security”.
Secretary of State John Kerry reaffirmed U.S. interests in Kazakhstan on Monday in talks with veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev who has lured huge Western investments to his Central Asian state while keeping it in Moscow’s political orbit.
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He also said the USA does not want to see a struggle for influence with China and Russian Federation in which one country has to win and others lose.
