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07ASHGABAT1300
2007-11-29 10:14:00
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Embassy Ashgabat
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TURKMENISTAN: MOVEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

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UNCLAS ASHGABAT 001300 

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STATE FOR SCA/CEN, SCA/PPD, NEA/SCA/EX, M/A/OPR/OS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AMGT ASCH TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: MOVEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ISSUE

UNCLAS ASHGABAT 001300

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SENSITIVE
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STATE FOR SCA/CEN, SCA/PPD, NEA/SCA/EX, M/A/OPR/OS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AMGT ASCH TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: MOVEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ISSUE


1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.


2. (SBU) The Government of Turkmenistan has decided to
support the registration of the Quality Schools
International-run (QSI) Ashgabat International School.
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign
Minister Rashit Meredov called in the Charge November 29 to
pass the news that "the government is ready to work on
resolving this issue." Meredov said this would involve a
multi-step process. The first step would be a meeting
between the Embassy and the Ministry of Education (MOE),
where the Ministry would explain what documents might be
needed in order for the school to receive proper status in
Turkmenistan. He also indicated that MOE could also lay out
some requirements, including possibly a Turkmen History
course. Following that, the next step would be a meeting
with the Ashgabat mayor's office. Meredov said MFA would
organize the meeting with MOE and get back to the Embassy
within a few days regarding timing.


3. (SBU) Meredov said both the Embassy and State Department
officials had raised this issue numerous times. He said
registering the school would be mutually beneficial to both
sides. In addition to the U.S. Embassy, other embassies and
businesses send their children there, and regularizing the
status of the international school is important to those
families as well.


4. (SBU) COMMENT: This is good news. Registration will
allow the school to expand its facilities and take in more
students. It is already bursting at the seams. With more
and more companies interested in doing business in
Turkmenistan (and with others that are already here planning
to expand operations) the expatriate community is destined to
grow. Nevertheless, while we want to promote the school's
interests and facilitate this process, QSI is a private
company, and it will be up to them to decide if any proposed
requirements are acceptable. END COMMENT.
CURRAN