SAMARKAND: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed for greater access for American companies during talks Monday with Central Asian states before heading to India on a tour that mixes diplomacy and commerce. Rubio arrived in Uzbekistan's Silk Road city of Samarkand late Sunday ahead of talks with top officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Uzbek hosts. The leaders of the five former Soviet republics held talks with US President Donald Trump at the White House in November last year, as the United States seeks stronger ties in a region with vast natural resource...