C5+1 Diplomatic Platform Know
The C5+1 diplomatic platform represents the U.S. government’s total of government approach to Central Asia, mutually attractive all 5 Central Asian governments (Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan).
The C5+1 enhances cooperation with, and among, Central Asian countries (the C5) to improve our shared goal: an independent, prosperous, and invulnerable Central Asia that addresses frequent worries in partnership with the United States.
The C5+1 is one capability for the United States to help the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of the C5.
Since its inception in 2015, the C5+1 platform has accelerated U.S.-Central Asia dialogue and cooperation thru engagement at the Ministerial level, through experts’ meetings, and thru thematic working groups.
The C5+1 working corporations – economy, strength and environment, and protection – plus ongoing regional programs, education sessions, and workshops advance progress towards shared objectives.
Since September 2021, the C5+1 has convened four ministerial meetings. On February 28, C5+1 foreign ministers will meet in Astana, Kazakhstan. C5+1 officials gathered during ministerials chaired through Secretary Blinken on the margins of UNGA in September 2022 and September 2021 to talk about how we can mutually decorate the region’s financial resilience and security. Also in September 2021, the C5+1 convened for a local weather ministerial with Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry.
In 2022, the C5+1 launched a Secretariat to facilitate the approaches for identifying and advancing shared priorities, coordinating communications between taking part governments, and planning high-level ministerials and different engagements.
C5+1 countries recognize that through regional solutions to global challenges, we make every of our international locations and populations safer and greater prosperous.