New Silk Road - Comments by DoS Asst Secretary

The Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs of the Department of State recently addressed the Turkic American Convention in Washington, DC (on March 13, 2013). He spoke at length about the New Silk Road initiative taking place in Central Asia. In his remarks he indicated that the New Silk Road project will do a lot to improve the economy of the region as well as benefit Afghanistan.