US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, third from right, participates in the C5+1 Ministerial with Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov, and Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubayev at the Congress Center in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (Kylie Cooper/Pool Photo via AP)