WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Steve Daines issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Steve Daines traveled to Central Asia last week- read reporting by the Times of Central Asia below.
Daines's Tour Signals an Emerging U.S. Caspian Corridor Strategy
The Times of Central Asia (https://timesca.com/dainess-tour-signals-an-emerging-u-s-caspian-corridor-strategy/)
July 14, 2026
Senator Steve Daines's July 7-9 visit to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan brought three bilateral relationships into a single, compressed Caspian itinerary. In Baku, he met President Ilham Aliyev and senior economic and foreign-policy officials; in Astana, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and representatives of government and business; and in Ashgabat (ht...