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06ASHGABAT382
2006-04-12 12:27:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ashgabat
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DURDYKULIYEV AT HOME AND "IN A GOOD MOOD"

Tags:  PGOV PHUM PINR TX 
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DE RUEHAH #0382 1021227
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R 121227Z APR 06
FM AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7188
INFO RUCNOSC/OSCE POST COLLECTIVE
RUCNCIS/CIS COLLECTIVE
RHMFIUU/CDR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL//CCJ2/HSE/CCJ5//
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
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UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000382 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR SCA/CEN (PERRY)

SENSITIVE

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PINR TX
SUBJECT: DURDYKULIYEV AT HOME AND "IN A GOOD MOOD"

REF: A. ASHGABAT 368


B. ASHGABAT 359

UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000382

SIPDIS

STATE FOR SCA/CEN (PERRY)

SENSITIVE

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PINR TX
SUBJECT: DURDYKULIYEV AT HOME AND "IN A GOOD MOOD"

REF: A. ASHGABAT 368


B. ASHGABAT 359


1. (SBU) GURBANDURDY DURDYKULIYEV ARRIVED HOME VIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH ESCORTS AND TRANSPORTATION AROUND 0300
ON APRIL 12. DURDYKULIYEV'S WIFE ANNAGUL ANNAYEVA
CONFIRMED THAT "HE IS FINE AND IN A GOOD MOOD," AND
WELCOMES A POTENTIAL POL OFF VISIT AT HIS HOME EARLY NEXT
WEEK.


2. (SBU) HAVING HEARD FROM POST ON APRIL 10 ABOUT
DURDYKULIYEV'S ANTICIPATED RELEASE, HOSPITAL OFFICIALS
TOLD ANNAYEVA ON APRIL 11 THAT LEBAP WELAYAT (PROVINCE)
HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES RELEASED DURDYKULIYEV
FROM THE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL THAT MORNING AND TOOK HIM
TO TURKMENABAT, THE CAPITAL OF LEBAP. IN THE AFTERNOON,
SHE LEARNED FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OFFICIALS IN
ASHGABAT THAT DURDYKULIYEV WAS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN
ASHGABAT BY 2000 TO CONTINUE HIS ESCORTED JOURNEY HOME TO
BALKANABAT.


3. (SBU) COMMENT: DURDYKULIYEV WAS AT HOME LESS THAN
36 HOURS AFTER FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV INFORMED THE
AMBASSADOR OF HIS RELEASE FROM A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
(REF A). POST IS PLEASED WITH DURDYKULIYEV'S QUICK
RELEASE FOLLOWING NIYAZOV'S APPROVAL, AND WILL FORWARD
DETAILS RELATED TO OVER TWO YEARS OF DETENTION AT THE
PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL AS LEARNED. END COMMENT.

JACOBSON