Giorgi Labadze

On Nov. 6, 2025, a key moment in U.S.-Central Asia relations took place in Washington, where leaders from all five republics—Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan—gathered for talks with President Donald Trump. The C5+1 format, established in 2015, had never been implemented with such vigor until now. With this initiative, the United States once again…