Marco Rubio: “Reasons to be optimistic about a deal, but... we’re close, but we’re not close enough.”

I think we’ll have some concrete deals to announce.

We just want fair competition and an opportunity.

We view the – the United States views the relationship between Uzbekistan and Central Asia as paramount to our national security and to our economic prosperity.

What we want to accomplish at this meeting this week will put our countries further down the path of long-term prosperity and security.