Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ASHGABAT361
2008-03-20 11:51:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:
TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS COORDINATION
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UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000361
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EUR/ACE, INL
DUSHANBE FOR DEA
MOSCOW FOR DEA
ISLAMABAD FOR DEA
ANKARA FOR DEA
AID/W FOR EE/EA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS COORDINATION
COMMISSION SUGGESTS OPENING REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY
REF: ASHGABAT 317
UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000361
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EUR/ACE, INL
DUSHANBE FOR DEA
MOSCOW FOR DEA
ISLAMABAD FOR DEA
ANKARA FOR DEA
AID/W FOR EE/EA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS COORDINATION
COMMISSION SUGGESTS OPENING REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY
REF: ASHGABAT 317
1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (SBU) Executive Secretary of the State Counternarcotics
Coordinating Commission Babaniyaz Chariyev told the embassy's
INLOff and INL Assistant on the fringes of the World Bank
Anti-Money Laundering workshop (reftel) that he would like
the U.S. Government to assist in the establishment of a
regional counternarcotics training center. (NOTE: The State
Counternarcotics Coordinating Commission is under the Cabinet
of Ministers, and is responsible for setting Turkmenistan's
counternarcotics policy and strategy. END NOTE.) Chariyev
made a reference to the Turkish International Academy against
Drugs and Organized Crime (TADOC),and asked who founded it,
who paid for it, and how Turkmenistan could have its own.
Chariyev said that he envisioned a TADOC-like center in
Turkmenistan functioning as a regional training hub for law
enforcement officers from all Central Asian countries.
3. (SBU) COMMENT: That Turkmenistan is now coming up with
initiatives on its own is a major step forward. In the past,
Turkmenistan has been reluctant to engage in the region due
to its neutrality policy. The government's new willingness
to engage is possibly a sign of the president's vision on and
interest in health issues and on drug abuse as a threat to
the country's welfare and security. END COMMENT.
HOAGLAND
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EUR/ACE, INL
DUSHANBE FOR DEA
MOSCOW FOR DEA
ISLAMABAD FOR DEA
ANKARA FOR DEA
AID/W FOR EE/EA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS COORDINATION
COMMISSION SUGGESTS OPENING REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY
REF: ASHGABAT 317
1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet.
2. (SBU) Executive Secretary of the State Counternarcotics
Coordinating Commission Babaniyaz Chariyev told the embassy's
INLOff and INL Assistant on the fringes of the World Bank
Anti-Money Laundering workshop (reftel) that he would like
the U.S. Government to assist in the establishment of a
regional counternarcotics training center. (NOTE: The State
Counternarcotics Coordinating Commission is under the Cabinet
of Ministers, and is responsible for setting Turkmenistan's
counternarcotics policy and strategy. END NOTE.) Chariyev
made a reference to the Turkish International Academy against
Drugs and Organized Crime (TADOC),and asked who founded it,
who paid for it, and how Turkmenistan could have its own.
Chariyev said that he envisioned a TADOC-like center in
Turkmenistan functioning as a regional training hub for law
enforcement officers from all Central Asian countries.
3. (SBU) COMMENT: That Turkmenistan is now coming up with
initiatives on its own is a major step forward. In the past,
Turkmenistan has been reluctant to engage in the region due
to its neutrality policy. The government's new willingness
to engage is possibly a sign of the president's vision on and
interest in health issues and on drug abuse as a threat to
the country's welfare and security. END COMMENT.
HOAGLAND