""One of the key items on our agenda is critical minerals," Trump said at the so-called "C5+1" meeting. Launched in 2015, the C5+1 platform serves as the primary forum through which the US engages collectively with Central Asian nations. Central Asia's vast yet mostly still unexploited mineral wealth which includes uranium, copper, gold and rare earths is garnering global attention amid rising competition for critical minerals as the West moves to diversify supply chains away from Moscow and Beijing."
"The meeting with Trump takes place a few months after the five leaders held separate summits with Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping. The five nations, which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, have put on a united front in Washington. Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev hailed the talks as the "beginning of a new era of interaction between the United States and Central Asia." Astana also took the symbolic step of becoming the first country to join the Abraham Accords since the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan signed up to normalize ties with Israel in 2020."
President Donald Trump hosted leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to strengthen U.S. ties and influence in Central Asia. He described the region as extremely wealthy and emphasized critical minerals as a primary agenda item. The C5+1 platform, launched in 2015, functions as the main forum for U.S.-Central Asia collective engagement. Central Asia holds largely unexploited resources including uranium, copper, gold and rare earths. Western nations are increasingly competing for these minerals while diversifying supply chains away from Russia and China. The five countries recently met separately with Russia and China and presented a united front in Washington.
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