Overview
- In a Truth Social post, President Trump said Uzbekistan will purchase and invest nearly $35 billion in three years and more than $100 billion over a decade across multiple U.S. sectors.
- Fox Business reported that the headline figures and detailed terms have not been independently confirmed or published by U.S. or Uzbek agencies.
- Trump said the areas targeted include critical minerals, aviation, automotive parts, infrastructure, agriculture, energy and chemicals, and information technology.
- The announcement followed a White House meeting with leaders of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan that highlighted rare earths and other strategic resources.
- Recent DHS deportations of more than 130 Central Asian migrants to Uzbekistan, which U.S. officials said were fully funded by Tashkent, underscored parallel security cooperation.