Kazakh president holds talks with US envoy, Meta vice president, secures historic locomotive deal

Tokayev stresses strategic partnership with Washington, digital innovation with Meta, as $4B locomotive agreement announced after Trump call

By Alperen Aktas

ISTANBUL (AA) – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with US Presidential Special Envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gore and Meta Vice President Yann LeCun in New York on Monday, while also securing a $4 billion locomotive export deal after a phone call with US President Donald Trump, according to official statements.

Tokayev congratulated Gore on his appointment as US envoy and ambassador to India, pledging support for his mission and reaffirming his commitment to advancing the Kazakh-American strategic partnership.

He emphasized Kazakhstan's status as Washington's major economic partner in Central Asia.

Meeting with Meta’s LeCun, Tokayev highlighted Kazakhstan’s focus on digitalization and artificial intelligence, noting efforts to build an autonomous AI ecosystem and develop a Kazakh large language model (KazLLM).

He welcomed the launch of a joint acceleration program with Meta Platforms to strengthen cooperation in AI research and application.

Separately, Howard Lutnick, chairman of Cantor Fitzgerald, said a Trump–Tokayev call resulted in what he described as the “largest locomotive agreement in history,” worth $4 billion.

Lutnick called the deal a symbol of “American innovation leading the world,” supporting jobs in Texas and Pennsylvania and boosting connectivity across the Middle Corridor with US technology.

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