The US will always support the territorial integrity and independence of each country in Central Asia, said the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia Daniel Rosenblum during a telephone press conference Feb.10.

“We will support the independence, as well as sovereignty and territorial integrity of each Central Asian country as before,” said Rosenblum.

He said that the US plans to expand cooperation with the countries of the region in security sphere.

“We do not want to see the countries of Central Asia as a haven for terrorists,” said a spokesman for the US State Department. “We are for the expansion of our cooperation in security, as well as confronting such transnational threats as terrorism, drug trafficking and “Islamic state.”