Alisher Ilkhamov

“In the future, Washington apparently wants to have a military base here as a deterrent measure against China,”

Alisher Ilkhamov · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-17

Ilkhamov said Washington apparently wants a future military base in Central Asia as a deterrent against China.

“An interest in these issues, unfortunately, is absent from Rubio’s agenda, because these problems went missing from US foreign policy priorities since Trump returned to the White House,”

Alisher Ilkhamov · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-17

Ilkhamov said interest in human rights issues is absent from Rubio's agenda because such problems fell off US foreign policy priorities after Trump returned to office.

“The interest is mostly geopolitical and military-strategic, considering the region’s location in the zone of Russia’s and China’s interests,”

Alisher Ilkhamov · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-17

Ilkhamov told Al Jazeera that US interest in Central Asia is mostly geopolitical and military-strategic, given the region's location within Russia's and China's zones of interest.