The key facts

  • Marco Rubio visited Registan in Samarkand together with Janet and noted the richness of Uzbekistan's history and culture.
  • The Secretary of State called Samarkand an important center of international trade for many centuries.
  • Saida Mirziyoyeva noted the symbolic significance of the fact that Rubio's first visit to Uzbekistan takes place precisely in Samarkand.

Visit to Registan

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Registan Square in Samarkand. “Janet and I stood in the very center of Registan Square in Samarkand. Here the richness of Uzbekistan's history, culture and architecture is vividly presented to everyone,” Kun.uz quoted his words.

Samarkand as a historic crossroads

According to Rubio, during the Great Silk Road Samarkand occupied a special place: at this historic crossroads diplomatic, trade and cultural ties converged. Against this background, he described the ongoing cooperation between the US and Central Asian countries on opening new economic opportunities and strengthening diplomatic relations as a natural and logical process, linking it with efforts aimed at changing the future.

Saida Mirziyoyeva's words

Earlier, the head of the administration of the President of Uzbekistan, Saida Mirziyoyeva, reported that she was also with Marco Rubio at Registan Square. According to her, in communication with journalists the Secretary of State noted that Samarkand had been an important center of international trade for many centuries. She also pointed out that Rubio's first visit to Uzbekistan takes place precisely in Samarkand, which has special symbolic significance.