Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ASHGABAT896
2008-07-16 12:14:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:
TURKMENISTAN/AIR NAV FEES: DFM PROMISES TO SPEED
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ASHGABAT 000896
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/16/2018
TAGS: PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN/AIR NAV FEES: DFM PROMISES TO SPEED
UP THE PROCESS
REF: ASHGABAT 0552
Classified By: CHARGE SYLVIA REED CURRAN FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ASHGABAT 000896
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/16/2018
TAGS: PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN/AIR NAV FEES: DFM PROMISES TO SPEED
UP THE PROCESS
REF: ASHGABAT 0552
Classified By: CHARGE SYLVIA REED CURRAN FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
1. (C) On July 15, Charge met with DFM Wepa Hajiyev to
discuss a variety of issues, including air navigation fees
(reftel). Charge informed Hajiyev that DATT had contacted
Turkmenistan Aviation (THY) officials, as MFA officials had
suggested, in order to meet on the issue. However, THY
Deputy Director/Airport General Manager Ayazov told DATT that
they still had not received a response from the Cabinet of
Ministers and so were unable to meet with the U.S. side.
2. (C) Hajiyev confirmed that the Turkmenistan government is
still committed to a positive resolution of the air
navigation fees issue. He apologized that "sometimes
Turkmenistan bureaucracy tends to move very slowly." He
promised to "speed up the process" and raise the issue
personally with the Chairman of THY and a "representative of
the Cabinet of Ministers" at the airport the morning of July
16 when President Berdimuhamedov departs for Romania.
3. (C) COMMENT: The wheels of bureaucracy do tend to move
very slowly in Turkmenistan. Nevertheless, Hajiyev's
confirmation of his government's commitment to reach a
pragmatic resolution to the issue and his promise to
personally speed up the process are both positive signs. END
COMMENT.
CURRAN
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/16/2018
TAGS: PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN/AIR NAV FEES: DFM PROMISES TO SPEED
UP THE PROCESS
REF: ASHGABAT 0552
Classified By: CHARGE SYLVIA REED CURRAN FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
1. (C) On July 15, Charge met with DFM Wepa Hajiyev to
discuss a variety of issues, including air navigation fees
(reftel). Charge informed Hajiyev that DATT had contacted
Turkmenistan Aviation (THY) officials, as MFA officials had
suggested, in order to meet on the issue. However, THY
Deputy Director/Airport General Manager Ayazov told DATT that
they still had not received a response from the Cabinet of
Ministers and so were unable to meet with the U.S. side.
2. (C) Hajiyev confirmed that the Turkmenistan government is
still committed to a positive resolution of the air
navigation fees issue. He apologized that "sometimes
Turkmenistan bureaucracy tends to move very slowly." He
promised to "speed up the process" and raise the issue
personally with the Chairman of THY and a "representative of
the Cabinet of Ministers" at the airport the morning of July
16 when President Berdimuhamedov departs for Romania.
3. (C) COMMENT: The wheels of bureaucracy do tend to move
very slowly in Turkmenistan. Nevertheless, Hajiyev's
confirmation of his government's commitment to reach a
pragmatic resolution to the issue and his promise to
personally speed up the process are both positive signs. END
COMMENT.
CURRAN