Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu will travel to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and India on 4-11 November, the US State Department said in a statement. 

Assistant Secretary Lu will lead a U.S. delegation to Central Asia to build on the success of the inaugural C5+1 Presidential Summit on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in September and the C5+1 Regional Connectivity Ministerial in October, the statement reads. 

Assistant Secretary Lu will visit Kazakhstan. Afterwards, he will travel to Tashkent to lead the U.S. delegation during the U.S.-Uzbekistan Strategic Partnership Dialogue (SPD). 

During the SPD, Assistant Secretary Lu will meet with senior Uzbekistani government officials to discuss the ways in which the United States and Uzbekistan can advance bilateral ties by expanding security partnership and discussing solutions to regional issues, strengthening people-to-people ties, and diversifying trade and investment. 

He will also engage with civil society groups working on human rights issues. 

“While in both Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the U.S. delegation will reaffirm the United States’ steadfast commitment to Kazakhstan’s and Uzbekistan’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independence,” the US State Department added.