<Table> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Formal Relations Began </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kazakhstan </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> See Kazakhstan--United States relations </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kyrgyzstan </Td> <Td> 1993 </Td> <Td> See Kyrgyzstan--United States relations </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tajikistan </Td> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> See Tajikistan--United States relations </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Turkmenistan </Td> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> See Turkmenistan--United States relations <P> The U.S. Embassy, USAID, and the Peace Corps are located in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan . The United States and Turkmenistan continue to disagree about the country's path toward democratic and economic reform . The United States has publicly advocated industrial privatization, market liberalization, and fiscal reform, as well as legal and regulatory reforms to open up the economy to foreign trade and investment, as the best way to achieve prosperity and true independence and sovereignty . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Uzbekistan </Td> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> See United States--Uzbekistan relations <P> Relations improved slightly in the latter half of 2007, but the U.S. continues to call for Uzbekistan to meet all of its commitments under the March 2002 Declaration of Strategic Partnership between the two countries . The declaration covers not only security and economic relations but political reform, economic reform, and human rights . Uzbekistan has Central Asia's largest population and is vital to U.S., regional, and international efforts to promote stability and security . </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Formal Relations Began </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kazakhstan </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> See Kazakhstan--United States relations </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kyrgyzstan </Td> <Td> 1993 </Td> <Td> See Kyrgyzstan--United States relations </Td> </Tr>

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