West Palm Beach, Florida – WEST PALM BEACH, FL (AP) — President Donald Trump He said he would extend invitations to the conference hosted by the United States next year G20 summit To Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, where the Republican administration is looking to deepen its relationship with the countries of Central Asia.
Trump announced the plan on Tuesday after holding separate phone calls with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Neither country is a member of the G20, but the host country of the annual gathering of major economic leaders often invites non-members to attend the summit. The gathering is scheduled for 2026 Trump Golf Club in Doral, Florida, near Miami.
“The relationship with both countries is amazing,” Trump said in a social media post about the calls. Trump is currently vacationing at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
The Kazakh and Uzbek leaders He visited Washington last month Together with the leaders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan for talks with Trump.
The administration is paying greater attention to Central Asia, which has deep mineral reserves and produces nearly half of the world’s uranium, at a time when it is intensifying its search for gold. Rare earth metals Needed for high-tech devices, including smartphones, electric vehicles and fighter planes.
Exports of important minerals in Central Asia have been prolonged It is heading towards China and Russia.
During his visit last month, Tokayev announced that his Muslim-majority country would do so Joining the Abraham AccordsThe Trump administration’s efforts to strengthen relations between Israel and countries with Arab and Islamic majorities.
The largely symbolic move came as the administration tries to revive an initiative that was the signature foreign policy achievement of Trump’s first term, when his administration established diplomatic and trade ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco.
Trump announced last month that he was Except for South Africa From participating in next year’s summit in his country Miami area club It will stop all payments and subsidies to the country because of its treatment of the US government representative at this year’s meeting.
Trump chose not to attend a US government delegation at this year’s summit hosted by South Africa, saying he did so because he is White Africans They were being Violently persecuted. that it claim South Africa that has been mired for decades ApartheidIt was also rejected baseless.