On 6 November, U.S. president Donald Trump hosted the C5 + 1, the diplomatic platform that brings together the U.S. and the five Central Asia republics, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Trump hosted the leaders at the White House, the first time he met any of them except for Uzbek president Shavkat Mirziyoyev who he met at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in September 2025, and at the White House in May 2018. (Then-president Joe Biden met the Central Asian leaders at the UNGA session in 2023.)
True to form, Trump declared, “Sadly, previous American presidents neglected this region completely.”
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan understood the importance of the “pre-game” and the day before the meeting announced joining the Trump’s signature project, the Abraham Accords, (Kazakhstan), and visa-free entry for American citizens (Uzbekistan).
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