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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Tashkent — media

The Uzbek foreign ministry said earlier that the key goal of the US Secretary of State’s visit to Tashkent "is the discussion of issues of the further development of Uzbek-American strategic partnership"

TASHKENT, February 28. /TASS/. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived on a visit in Tashkent to have talks about the development of Uzbek-US partnership, the local Gazeta.uz media outlet reported on Tuesday.

According to Gazeta.uz, Blinken arrived in Tashkent from Astana where he took part in the meeting of foreign ministers of Central Asian nations in the C5+1 format.

"In Tashkent, he is expected to have talks on the development of partnership between Uzbekistan and the United States on a range of bilateral and regional issues. It is Antony Blinken’s first visit to Uzbekistan," the media outlet said.

The Uzbek foreign ministry said earlier that the key goal of the US Secretary of State’s visit to Tashkent "is the discussion of issues of the further development of Uzbek-American strategic partnership."