Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ASHGABAT1406
2009-11-03 12:07:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:
TURKMENISTAN: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ASHGABAT 001406
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN; PRM
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/02/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL MARR MASS TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUE
REF: STATE 112900
Classified By: Charge Sylvia Reed Curran, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ASHGABAT 001406
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN; PRM
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/02/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL MARR MASS TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUE
REF: STATE 112900
Classified By: Charge Sylvia Reed Curran, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) In response to reftel inquiry about a U.S. security
dialogue with Turkmenistan, while there is no formal
dialogue, the USG does operate a military to military
contacts program administered by U.S. Central Command. This
program is essentially a list of events each fiscal year that
different U.S. military agencies want to execute with the
Turkmenistan Ministry of Defense, State Border Service, State
Counternarcotics Service, and to a lesser degree with the
Ministry of Internal Affairs. Military visits fall loosely
under this program. Visits by U.S. military leadership,
e.g., the CENTCOM Commander or other military officials, most
closely resemble a "dialogue" in our bilateral
military-to-military relationship.
2. (C) Additionally, there is an annual action officers
working group, in Ashgabat, attended by representatives of
the GOTX agencies mentioned above. The intent of this event
is to discuss the next year's plan, and to get input from the
Turkmen side for the plan. Results from this meeting have
been uneven, sometimes beneficial, sometimes unproductive. A
follow-up meeting is held in Tampa, the Consultative Staff
Talks, in which a more formal plan is discussed, taking into
account the interests expressed at the working group meeting.
Currently, the nature of exchanges at these events could not
be characterized as a dialogue.
CURRAN
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN; PRM
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/02/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL MARR MASS TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUE
REF: STATE 112900
Classified By: Charge Sylvia Reed Curran, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) In response to reftel inquiry about a U.S. security
dialogue with Turkmenistan, while there is no formal
dialogue, the USG does operate a military to military
contacts program administered by U.S. Central Command. This
program is essentially a list of events each fiscal year that
different U.S. military agencies want to execute with the
Turkmenistan Ministry of Defense, State Border Service, State
Counternarcotics Service, and to a lesser degree with the
Ministry of Internal Affairs. Military visits fall loosely
under this program. Visits by U.S. military leadership,
e.g., the CENTCOM Commander or other military officials, most
closely resemble a "dialogue" in our bilateral
military-to-military relationship.
2. (C) Additionally, there is an annual action officers
working group, in Ashgabat, attended by representatives of
the GOTX agencies mentioned above. The intent of this event
is to discuss the next year's plan, and to get input from the
Turkmen side for the plan. Results from this meeting have
been uneven, sometimes beneficial, sometimes unproductive. A
follow-up meeting is held in Tampa, the Consultative Staff
Talks, in which a more formal plan is discussed, taking into
account the interests expressed at the working group meeting.
Currently, the nature of exchanges at these events could not
be characterized as a dialogue.
CURRAN