Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ASHGABAT520
2008-04-25 10:34:00
SECRET
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:  

TURKMENISTAN: UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FLIGHT OF

Tags:  PARM PREL KNNP KN SY 
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DE RUEHAH #0520 1161034
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
P 251034Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0671
S E C R E T ASHGABAT 000520

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EAP, ISN, NEA, AND T

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/25/2033
TAGS: PARM PREL KNNP KN SY
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FLIGHT OF
POSSIBLE MISSILE-RELATED CARGO OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN

REF: STATE 43804

Classified By: CHARGE SYLVIA REED CURAN FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).

(S) Per reftel, Charge delivered updated flight schedule and
request that the Turkmenistan government continue to make
approval of overflight requests contingent on full inspection
of the Air Koryo flight and its cargo to MFA Americas
Department Director Serdar Bashimov. Bashimov said that
Turkmenistan would honor this request, just as it has
consented to similar ones in the past. The country's
legislation requires strictly observing UN efforts to combat
proliferation and prevent the overflight of this type of
cargo.
CURRAN