She noted that Washington is already taking steps aimed at strengthening the interconnectedness of the economies of the countries of the region and stimulating economic growth.

“We consider these priorities to be critical in order to ultimately decouple the economies of the Central Asian countries from the Russian economy, and this should be our goal,” Kaur is quoted by TASS.

Earlier it was reported about the active participation of the United States in discussing the possibilities of transporting Kazakhstan's oil to world markets through the Caspian Sea.