Yunis Gurbanov
In November 2025, U.S. officials and delegates from all five Central Asian countries reiterated their commitment to advance cooperation under the C5+1 format, established in 2015, by focusing on critical materials, transport links, and economic resilience (The Astana Times, November 8, 2025). The November 6, 2025, summit in Washington marked the second time a U.S. president attended a C5+1 meeting (see EDM, November 20, 2025).
At the November 2025 meetings, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced deals estimated at $25 billion in aviation, critical minerals, logistics, and industry. These projects include a tungsten mining venture in Kazakhstan that advanced with a non-binding U.S. Export–Import Bank (EXIM) Letter of Interest for up to $900 million in funding, as well as preliminary agreements with U.S. firms for rare earth mining in Uzbekistan (Reuters, November 6, 2025; The Times of Central Asia, November 10, 2025). Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan all announced deals to buy U.S. aircraft, and Kyrgyzstan discussed hydropower, transport, and IT development (The Times of Central Asia, November 10, 2025).
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