Dr. Celeste Wallander, Special Assistant to the President of the United States of America and Senior Director for Russia and Eurasia on the U.S. National Security Council, visited Uzbekistan on June 13-14, 2014. Dr. Wallander participated in high-level meetings, pertaining to current issues of bilateral cooperation across a variety of spheres, including regional and international affairs. Celeste Wallander and U.S. Embassy Tashkent staff also visited Samarkand, where Dr. Wallander met with the members of the Toyloq Society for the Blind, gave an interview to an independent media outlet, and visited the city’s famous historical sites.