C5+1 summit: the U.S. seeks to reshape Chinese and Russian influence in Central Asia and proposes a new model for allocating resources

As part of the meeting, a number of agreements were signed, including deals between the US and Kazakhstan worth more than $17 billion and a trade agreement between the US and Uzbekistan, under which Uzbekistan will invest $100 billion in the US economy over the next 10 years, and will make investments of $35 billion over 3 years.

The US is seeking options to create conditions for long-term strategic imbalance of Chinese-Russian influence in Central Asia, where Washington offers Central Asia a new development trajectory with access to investments, technologies, and global markets, creating broader room for maneuver for the region.

Central Asia has been in the spatial and economic orbits of Beijing and Moscow for decades, but interest in deepening cooperation with the US has arisen under the influence of seeking broader opportunities for diversification and autonomous determination of regional priorities.