William Brownfield said that The Central Asian States also face a significant threat from illicit narcotic drugs transiting the region.
The United States recently announced a new partnership programme, the Central Asia Counternarcotics Initiative (CACI), he said.
The programme will improve the effective investigation, prosecution and conviction of traffickers by counternarcotics agencies in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
“We identified $4.2 million for the program, and will work in close cooperation with existing regional programs, including those of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center,” he added.