Azerbaijan , Baku, Oct. 1/ Trend V. Zhavoronkova/
U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman will discuss the "New Silk Road" vision for the South and Central Asian region's economic future within his visit to the Central Asian countries, US State department reported on Friday.
He will visit Dushanbe, Bishkek, Astana, Tashkent, Ashgabat along with Abu Dhabi, Ankara, Kabul, Beijing, New Delhi, Islamabad, and Doha during his trip to South and Central Asia and neighboring regions, which started on Sept. 30 and will last till Oct.14.
Grossman is traveling ahead of the November 2, 2011 Istanbul conference for Afghanistan and in the lead-up to the December 5, 2011 Bonn conference to build support for the vision of a stable, secure, and prosperous Afghanistan in a stable, secure, and prosperous region.