washington - In Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken observed that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has fostered
Russia’s former vassals in Central Asia feel “deep concern” about their security due to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Russia’s former vassals in Central Asia feel “deep concern” about their security due to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met leaders in Central Asia on Tuesday as Washington pursued deeper engagement with the region's former Soviet republics in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine a year ago. Blinken's visit to the capitals of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan was his first to the region as the Biden administration's top diplomat. It came just days after the Feb.