Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ASHGABAT413
2009-04-02 05:02:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:
TURKMENISTAN'S OVERALL BUDGET FIGURE IS PUBLICLY
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UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000413
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN; EEB/IFD/OMA JULIA JACOBY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN'S OVERALL BUDGET FIGURE IS PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE, BUT WITH MAJOR OMISSIONS
REF: STATE 28885
UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000413
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN; EEB/IFD/OMA JULIA JACOBY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN'S OVERALL BUDGET FIGURE IS PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE, BUT WITH MAJOR OMISSIONS
REF: STATE 28885
1. (SBU) The following is Post's response to reftel that
requests information about Turkmenistan's central government
budget.
2. (SBU) Is the central government expected to receive or is
it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY
09 funds? Yes, the Turkmenistan Government will receive FMF
and IMET assistance during FY 09.
3. (SBU) Is the host country's budget publicly available?
Total amounts for both the overall state budget, which
includes central and local government revenue and expenses),
and the central (non-local) government were published in the
newspaper. There is no detailed breakdown of the overall
budget amounts available to the public.
4. (SBU) Are incomes and expenditures included in the
publicly-available budget? The publicly-available budget
figures do not include revenues and expenditures of
self-supporting government sectors such as the oil and gas
sector and the railways. There is no transparency regarding
the government's overall revenues and expenditures. There is
no basis to determine the accuracy of the published figures.
Additionally, the largest contributor to government revenues,
oil and gas revenues, is handled separately from the
published budget figures.
MILES
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN; EEB/IFD/OMA JULIA JACOBY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN'S OVERALL BUDGET FIGURE IS PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE, BUT WITH MAJOR OMISSIONS
REF: STATE 28885
1. (SBU) The following is Post's response to reftel that
requests information about Turkmenistan's central government
budget.
2. (SBU) Is the central government expected to receive or is
it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY
09 funds? Yes, the Turkmenistan Government will receive FMF
and IMET assistance during FY 09.
3. (SBU) Is the host country's budget publicly available?
Total amounts for both the overall state budget, which
includes central and local government revenue and expenses),
and the central (non-local) government were published in the
newspaper. There is no detailed breakdown of the overall
budget amounts available to the public.
4. (SBU) Are incomes and expenditures included in the
publicly-available budget? The publicly-available budget
figures do not include revenues and expenditures of
self-supporting government sectors such as the oil and gas
sector and the railways. There is no transparency regarding
the government's overall revenues and expenditures. There is
no basis to determine the accuracy of the published figures.
Additionally, the largest contributor to government revenues,
oil and gas revenues, is handled separately from the
published budget figures.
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