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🇺🇸🇺🇿⚡- Uzbekistan and the US have signed 54 agreements worth $12 billion during Secretary Rubio’s visit to Samarkand, spanning critical minerals, energy and more. Uzbekistan, a major producer of natural gas and uranium, also joined the Artemis Accords today, becoming the 77th signatory, a clear jab at Moscow, which has long treated Central Asia as its own backyard. The mineral agreements build on similar deals Washington struck with both Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan last year, a sign the US is serious about deepening ties with the Central Asian region.