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Latest Turkmenistan News

Turkmenistan, Latvia Sign Four Cooperation Documents
(nCa) --- Turkmenistan and Latvia signed Wednesday in Ashgabat four documents for expanding mutual cooperation. The presidents of both the countries issued a joint statement. The documents were signed after a meeting between Turkmen President

President Valdis Zatlers invites Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to visit Latvia
Today, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov received President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers, who arrived in Turkmenistan yesterday. The two presidents signed a bilateral declaration in the end of the meeting. The presidents of Latvia and Turkmenistan

TURKMENISTAN BUILDS ON ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH LATVIA
Since the death of 'Turkmenbashi' President for life Saparmurat Niyazov on December 21, 2006, Western governments and energy companies have been falling over themselves to be in on the development of Turkmenistan's vast natural gas reserves, estimated

President of Latvian Republic arrived in Ashkhabad for the first official visit
Almaty. October 7. Kazakhstan Today - The President of the Latvian Republic, Valdis Zatlers, arrived in Ashkhabad for the first official visit, the agency reports referring to Turkmen state information agency. The President of Kazakhstan, Gurbanguly

Turkey buries 15 soldiers slain in rebel attack (AP)

AP - Tens of thousands of Turks in cities across Turkey attended the funerals Sunday of 15 soldiers slain in a Kurdish rebel attack.

Premier Erdogan To Go On A Tour Covering Central Asian Countries
ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will go on a tour to Central Asian countries on Friday covering Turkmenistan and Mongolia. Erdogan will pay a visit to Turkmenistan in October 3-4, 2008 upon an invitation from Turkmen President

Step Forward, Step Back For Turkmenistan At Warsaw Conference
The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has begun a 10-day annual conference in Warsaw that's focusing on human rights and democracy issues in the OSCE's 56 member states. The meeting is expected to attract some 1,000

Eye on Image, Turkmenistan Overhauls Laws
The government adopted a new constitution intended to improve its democratic credentials and assure foreign investors of its reliability as an economic partner.

Turkmenistan takes reformist step
Turkmenistan approves a new constitution that supporters say will promote multi-party politics and the market economy.

Reporters Without Borders occupy Turkmen embassy during EU / Central Asia summit in Paris
As a European Union / Central Asia security summit was taking today place in Paris, Reporters Without Borders activists peacefully occupied Turkmenistans embassy in Paris for two hours to demand the release of Turkmen journalist Annakurban Amanklychev

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Annexed by Russia between 1865 and 1885, Turkmenistan became a Soviet republic in 1925. It achieved its independence upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. President NIYAZOV retains absolute control over the country and opposition is not tolerated. Extensive hydrocarbon/natural gas reserves could prove a boon to this underdeveloped country if extraction and delivery projects can be worked out.

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