US wants to ‘compete’ in Central Asia, ambassador says ahead of Rubio visit
Por Laura Zhou — South China Morning Post – News feed
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American companies aim to play a bigger role in the region’s mining sector, Sergio Gor says, as Chinese influence grows
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Laura Zhou in New Delhi Published: 7:04pm, 15 Oct 2026 The US wants to “compete” in resource-rich Central Asia , a senior American official has said as Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares to head to a region of growing Chinese influence.
In New Delhi on Thursday, US ambassador to India Sergio Gor said this weekend’s C5+1 ministerial meeting between the five Central Asian countries and the US in Uzbekistan would be an opportunity to “showcase American ingenuity, American technology”.
Rubio would be joined by representatives from more than 200 American companies to “explore possibilities where they could work together”, Gor told the Bloomberg New Economy Forum.
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