THE C5+1 SUMMIT OF NOVEMBER 2025: ENSURING US-CENTRAL ASIA RELATIONSHIP AND THE NEW STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP OF UZBEKISTAN.

The C5+1 Summit, November 6-7, 2025, Washington, D.C., was an event of previous significance in US-Central Asia affairs. The leaders in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan met with President Donald Trump of the United States of America. It was the tenth time the group convened, and they paid much attention to economic matters, particularly, the critical minerals and the planes purchase as the US, Russia, and China are all maneuvering to gain power. Uzbekistan, under President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had its combined moment; they struck significant trade transactions and demonstrated that they could be a significant intermediary of the region. What transpired at the summit, what did Uzbekistan have to do with it and how it will affect stability in the region and global supply chains are questions of concern here. We depend on recent diplomatic news and academic research to suggest that the summit evidences an effective, deal-centered change, which may be disseminated in terms of connecting the Central Asian economical connections.^[1]