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Travel to Central Asia, South Asia, and Europe

October 10, 2005 to October 15, 2005

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  Condoleezza Rice

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Secretary Rice gestures, with a falcon in the foreground, during a welcome ceremony on her arrival in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. AP/Wide World photo
Secretary Rice gestures, with a falcon in the foreground, during a welcome ceremony on her arrival in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Secretary Rice traveled to Central Asia, South Asia, and Europe October 10-15, 2005. Her travel to Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan aimed to advance bilateral and regional cooperation on security issues, to promote freedom through democratic and market-oriented reform, and to strengthen security in the region, including cooperation on counter-terrorism. The Secretary met with each country's president and with leaders of civil society and the small business community. Secretary Rice made an unscheduled stop in Pakistan to offer U.S. sympathy to the Pakistani people and support for recovery from the Oct. 8 earthquake. She visited France for consultations on various topics, including Middle East issues. She  also traveled to Russia and England.

During her trip to Pakistan, Secretary Rice with Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri addressed a joint news conference at the Prime Ministers House. State Department photo
Secretary Rice and Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri addressed a joint news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Remarks by Secretary Rice
10/15/05 Interview With Andrea Koppel of CNN
10/15/05 Interview with Jonathan Beale of the BBC
10/15/05 Briefing En Route to London, England
10/15/05 Remarks with Russian Foreign Minister
10/14/05 Remarks With French Foreign Minister
10/13/05 Press Availability with Kazakhstan President
10/13/05 Remarks at Eurasian National University
10/13/05 Remarks with Tajik Foreign Minister
10/12/05 Press Availability With Pakistan Foreign Minister Kasuri
10/12/05 Interview With Radio Afghanistan
10/12/05 Remarks With Afghan President Karzai
10/12/05 Briefing en Route Kabul
10/11/05 Remarks With Kyrgyz President Bakiyev
10/11/05 Interview With Kyrgyz National TV
10/11/05 Interview With Radio Liberty and BBC Kyrgyz Service
10/11/05 Remarks on Democracy and Constitutional and Economic Reform
10/11/05 Remarks to Coalition Troops at Manas Airbase
10/10/05 Briefing en Route Shannon, Ireland

Other Remarks
10/15/05 Briefing on the Secretary’s Upcoming Trip to Alabama with British Foreign Secretary
10/07/05 Briefing on Secretary Rice's Upcoming Trip to Central Asia and Afghanistan

Press Releases
10/12/05 State Department Update on U.S. Response to Pakistan Earthquake
10/11/05 U.S. Assistance for Earthquake in Pakistan
10/11/05 Joint Statement of the U.S. and the Kyrgyz Republic on the Presence of the U.S. Military in the Region


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