TOKYO/WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President

Donald Trump will meet with the leaders of the five Central

Asian nations next week, a source familiar with the gathering

told Reuters on Tuesday.

Representatives for the White House did not respond to

a request for comment about the planned November 6 meeting,

which the source said would include the heads of Uzbekistan,

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, following

meetings with Uzbek officials in the Central Asian nation, said

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev would meet with Trump in

Washington next week.

His visit "should help pave the way for a great meeting"

between the leaders, Landau wrote on X earlier on Tuesday.

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev over the weekend said

he would participate in the summit and thanked Trump in a letter

for the invitation, according to a post from his office on

Telegram.

Trump is touring Asia this week, including a meeting on

Thursday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has sought to

court Uzbekistan. Such Central Asian nations have traditionally

fallen under Russia's sphere of influence.

Last month, Trump said Uzbekistan Airways signed a roughly

$8 billion deal with U.S.-based Boeing ( BA ) to buy up to 22 of

its 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov cited trade,

investment, education and innovation between the two countries,

writing on X on Monday: "Our discussions covered in depth the

timely and full implementation of all agreements reached between

@President_Uz and @POTUS, as well as the promising agenda of

upcoming engagements."

Saida Mirziyoyeva, a presidential aide and Mirziyoyev's

daughter, on Monday said she met Landau and U.S. special envoy

Sergio Gor, writing separately on X: "We discussed the dynamic

reforms in Uzbekistan, new opportunities for trade and

investment, and ways to strengthen cooperation on public

security."

"We very much enjoyed our candid and far-ranging discussion.

Many opportunities to partner in the future," Landau replied on

Tuesday.