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08ASHGABAT1653	TURKMENGAS WILL RELY ON SERVICES COMPANIES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Chairman of Turkmengas, the company will rely on foreign oilfield services companies for the development of Turkmenistan's major gas deposits. He suggested that negotiations with such firms are ongoing, but would not share details. Concerning possible involvement [...]	2008-12-30 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV TX

08ASHGABAT1654	TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS OFFICIALS CONDUCT PUBLIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 20, the State Counter Narcotics Service hosted a drug burning ceremony near Ashgabat. It was the third such event this year. The consignment of narcotics had been seized by Turkmenistan's law-enforce [...]	2008-12-30 12:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1656	UN INTERVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CASE PROMPTS POSITIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ayjemal Berdiyeva, a Niyazov era torture victim, recently informed post that she received a letter from a UN agency in Geneva, presumably the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR),that obliges the Govern [...]	2008-12-31 07:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT166	TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY CHAIRMAN TAGIYEV -- THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for hydrocarbon issues, Tachberdi Tagiyev, told U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann things are going well for Turkmenistan. The country is discovering promising new hydro [...]	2008-02-04 05:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT167	TURKMENISTAN: STATE HYDROCARBON AGENCY STILL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources Byrammurat Muradov told U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann his agency is very close to reaching an agreement with ConocoPhillips on two offshor [...]	2008-02-04 06:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT169	TURKMENISTAN: MIDLAND OIL SEEKS HYDROCARBON DEAL [...] (C) The Chairman of the Board and President of the U.S.-based Midland Oil and Gas Company Robert Murphy visited Ashgabat January 29-February 2 with a delegation of consortium members to see whether he could work out a hydrocarbon deal. Murphy met on January 30 with President Berdimuhamedov, [...]	2008-02-04 10:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT17	TURKMENISTAN: EXCHANGE BOOTHS OPEN IN BANKS; [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: True to the president's word, all unofficial currency exchange outlets shut down on January 2. While the Central Bank Chairman promised a sufficient supply of dollars to the public, according to anecdotal evidence [...]	2008-01-04 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT170	IRAN'S NATURAL GAS WOES [...] (C) Iran has no gas to sell to customers and carries on gas negotiations with various countries in an attempt to show it is not isolated, Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil told the Charge during a February 1 lunch. In a discussion that covered a number of Caspian and Central Asian energy issues [...]	2008-02-04 11:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET IR TU TX
08ASHGABAT171	TURKMENISTAN: SELF-FINANCING TURKMEN ABLE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post attempted to verify a December 2007 Forum18 news article (reported in ref by Turkmen opposition website "Gundogar") about the restrictions the government allegedly imposed on those wishing to go on the Hajj [...]	2008-02-04 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF KISL SA TX
08ASHGABAT173	TURKMENISTAN: UKRAINE STUMBLES AS IT SEEKS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ukraine's representation in Turkmenistan is continuing to have a difficult time reviving its bilateral diplomatic and business relationship. Ukrainian diplomats are showing deep interest in the frequent arriva [...]	2008-02-05 07:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET UP CH IR TX
08ASHGABAT174	TURKMENISTAN: "ALUMNI OPPORTUNITIES" NETWORKING EVENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Nearly 60 alumni from throughout Turkmenistan and representing nearly all U.S.-sponsored educational and professional exchange programs, including Future Leaders Exchange program (FLEX),UGRAD, Muskie, AUCA, and others, gathere [...]	2008-02-05 08:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID KPAO KDEM SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT177	TURKMENISTAN: "ALUMNI OPPORTUNITIES" NETWORKING EVENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Nearly 60 alumni from throughout Turkmenistan and representing nearly all U.S.-sponsored educational and professional exchange programs, including Future Leaders Exchange program (FLEX),UGRAD, Muskie, AUCA, and others, gathere [...]	2008-02-05 10:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID KPAO KDEM SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT178	FRAUD SUMMARY: ASHGABAT, Q4 2007 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Embassy Ashgabat submits this quarterly consular fraud report for the period October through December 2007 as requested in reftel A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS 3. (SBU) Turkmenistan is experiencing important social, political [...]	2008-02-05 10:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KFRD TX
08ASHGABAT179	TURKMENISTAN: WORLD BANK OUTLINES RE-ENGAGMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the last week in January, a World Bank visiting delegation met with government officials and resident donor nation representatives to discuss re-engagement with Turkmenistan. The Government of Turkmenistan's [...]	2008-02-05 10:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID TX
08ASHGABAT180	TURKMENISTAN: CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES EXCHANGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Following several days of continuing rumors that Turkmenistan's commercial exchange rate of 19,800 manat to the dollar was going to appreciate, Turkmenistan's state-run Watan TV news quoted the head of the Central Bank's Fore [...]	2008-02-05 11:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT181	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT CREATES TWO NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 2 Cabinet of Ministers meeting on provincial development, President Berdimuhamedov announced that he was splitting the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) into two entities: a Ministry of Finance, and a Ministry of Economy and Development. Berdimuhamedov [...]	2008-02-05 11:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT186	TURKMENISTAN: MIDLAND OIL MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) Chairman of the Board and President of the U.S.-based Midland Oil and Gas Company Robert Murphy telephoned the Charge on February 6 to provide a rushed brief on the results of his consortium delegation's visit to Ashgabat that began on January 29 (reftel). He said his overall consortium [...]	2008-02-06 10:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV ETRD EIND KS TX
08ASHGABAT188	TURKMENISTAN GAS PRICE HIKE: BEHIND THE SCENES [...] (C) A long-time Embassy diplomatic source, who has resided in Ashgabat for many years, told us a behind-the-scenes account of what happened following President Berdimuhamedov's announcement at a January 11 cabinet meeting that Turkmenistan would introduce higher gasoline prices (reftel) that [...]	2008-02-06 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT190	TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON ADB'S PLANS FOR A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Ayna Kekilova, the Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) liaison officer in Turkmenistan, told EmbOff February 6 that the ADB partners in the proposed Trans-Afghan pipeline (TAPI) project are proceeding with the work for the proj [...]	2008-02-06 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT192	TURKMENISTAN: 500 SATELLITE TV CHANNELS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Work continues in Ashgabat to provide standardize satellite-television access for all citizens. The government recently provided further detail on the process of replacing the private satellite dishes on almost [...]	2008-02-07 08:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT196	TURKMENISTAN: CHALLENGES ABOUND ON ROAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent visit by a World Bank delegation focused on education provided the delegation with an opportunity to learn more about the challenges and changes to Turkmenistan's education system. Donors told the delegation that a bureaucracy, more used to hunkering down than innovation [...]	2008-02-07 12:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT199	TURKMENISTAN EMERGING AS PRAGMATIC REGIONAL PLAYER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The delivery of a significant amount of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and enhanced provision of electricity to Tajikistan, combined with intensified economic cooperation and diplomatic activity in the region, [...]	2008-02-08 09:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG IR AF UZ TI TX
08ASHGABAT2	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S NEW YEAR [...] (SBU) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's December 28 New Year party provided a glimpse of his government at work -- and at play. The Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting organized it as a dinner-cabaret (to be televised later) in the south wing of the central Exhibition Palace. Guests in [...]	2008-01-02 09:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT200	TURKMENISTAN: "NEW REVIVAL" COVERAGE REPLACES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Throughout former President Niyazov's tenure, Turkmenistan television's Altyn Asyr channel nighly broadcast a reading of Niyazov's "Ruhnama" before the 9:00 pm news. Two or three presenters would read from the "Ruhnama" (and, [...]	2008-02-08 09:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL SOCI KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT201	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT REITERATES IMPORTANCE OF RURAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At his February 2 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, President Berdimuhamedov reiterated his determination to improve life in Turkmenistan's remote rural regions, requiring relevant cabinet members to report on progres [...]	2008-02-08 10:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT203	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S NEW SPEECH WRITER [...] (C) During a February 6 meeting, Ministry of Culture International Relations Department Head Gulmurad Myradov (strictly protect) revealed to EmbOff he has been writing some of President's Berdimuhamedov recent speeches, including the "Cultural Revival" and "New Ideology" policy addresses. In [...]	2008-02-08 11:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT204	TURKMENISTAN: DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: A symbol of Turkmenistan's new commitment to combating narcotics trafficking, the State Agency for Combating Narcotics that President Berdimuhamedov established January 18, will have nearly 700 employees and will function much as the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) doe [...]	2008-02-08 11:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT206	TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 7, USAID Country Representative met with the Director of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights to discuss areas of potential cooperation outlined in the letter received from the Ministry of Forei [...]	2008-02-11 03:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT209	TURKMENISTAN: INPUT FOR NEW REQUIRED REPORTS TO [...] (U) The following is Embassy Ashgabat's response to reftel, which requests input for two new reports to Congress on energy. Paragraph 2 offers a brief overview of the energy situation in Turkmenistan, paragraph 3 lists energy-related U.S. objectives, paragraph 4 offers a short description of [...]	2008-02-11 08:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD TX
08ASHGABAT210	TURKMENISTAN: SOME TURKISH VIEWS ON TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) On February 1, Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil met with the Charge to discuss regional energy issues (reftels). He said it is important to explain to Turkmenistan that allowing major Western companies to work in the Caspian and onshore would promote the country's economic and political ind [...]	2008-02-11 08:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TU AJ TX
08ASHGABAT211	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER DENIES NATURAL-GAS [...] (C) Charge met at OOB February 11 with Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov to deliver talking points in para seven below as a non-paper. Meredov closely read the points and then commented, "You should not believe every rumor you hear." Charge assured Meredov his evidence was documentary and exte [...]	2008-02-11 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EU RS HU TX
08ASHGABAT212	PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 13:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN UNMIK TX
08ASHGABAT213	TURKMENISTAN: GAS PRICE HIKE TAKES CITIZENS BY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following reports on state media of an introduction of market prices for automobile gasoline the evening of February 8, drivers descended upon gas stations in Ashgabat for one last go at unlimited subsidized petro [...]	2008-02-12 04:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT214	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN EMBASSY "SOFT POWER" FALLS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Russian Embassy opened an exhibit at the National Art Museum on February 11 -- photographs of Turkmenistan taken by Russian Embassy diplomats. In his opening speech, Russian Ambassador Igor Blatov noted the exhibit co [...]	2008-02-12 05:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL KPAO RS TX
08ASHGABAT217	DOING BUSINESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A resident American businessman explained how he is able to navigate the local business culture, where paying bribes and corruption are endemic. The only way he is able to avoid paying bribes and still do business is to work with another foreign company (usually Turkish) as lead o [...]	2008-02-12 08:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KCOR TX
08ASHGABAT219	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S FIRST YEAR IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his first year in office, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has delivered more change than most here expected or even thought was realistically possible for immediate post-Niyazov Turkmenistan. Spurred by a wish to make Turkmenistan a respected member [...]	2008-02-12 10:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SNAR SOCI KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT223	TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMEDOV ONE YEAR ON: LET'S [...] (C) When "The Eternally Great Saparmurat Turkmenbashi" Niyazov died on December 21, 2006, U.S. foreign policy took the opportunity to approach Turkmenistan's soon-to-be new president, offering to "turn the page" in our bilateral relations. To the extent Turkmenistan was ready to engage with [...]	2008-02-12 10:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT224	TURKMENISTAN-TO-HUNGARY NATURAL GAS: ALMOST A [...] (S) On February 12, Charge met with Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang and, separately, EU-TACIS Adviser Michael Wilson (strictly protect both throughout). Wilson was the initial source of the documentary evidence that negotiations are far advanced for Hungarian company Millander International Ltd [...]	2008-02-12 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET HU RS TX
08ASHGABAT225	TURKMENISTAN: SKEPTICAL AMU DARYA VALLEY [...] (C) Although the Government of Turkmenistan continues to maintain that it is taking steps to prevent flooding along the Amu Darya River, residents and officials in flood-prone districts are not taking those assurances at face value, according a local Embassy staff member whose sister works for [...]	2008-02-12 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT226	TURKMEN FEEL IMPACT OF RISING MARKET-BASKET COSTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Turkmenistan's unusually chilly weather continues, food prices have continued to rise. A recent price survey showed that the average increase for basic food staples since early January was three percent. Turkmenistan's residents worry that Turkmenistan's unusually cold win [...]	2008-02-12 13:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT227	U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS TO BAN CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 13:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT228	TURKMENISTAN: WHY ASHGABAT SHOULD HOST THE 2008 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to Ref A. request asking embassies in Central Asia to poll host governments about where to hold the 2008 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan both expresse [...]	2008-02-13 09:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT23	TURKMENISTAN: SATELLITE DISHES START TO COME DOWN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Turkmen love their satellite television. The four local (state-controlled) Turkmen stations are deadly dull and provide a fare that consists primarily of President Berdimuhamedov's meetings, President Berdimuhamedov's [...]	2008-01-07 11:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT230	TURKMENISTAN: ECONOMIC REFORM TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an extended Cabinet of Ministers meeting on February 8, President Berdimuhamedov said Turkmenistan's industrial sector should operate according to the principles of transparency, privatization, market diversit [...]	2008-02-13 09:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT232	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. HAGUE ADOPTION CONVENTION RATIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 12:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KOCI CASC TX
08ASHGABAT237	TURKMENISTAN: UNDP HELPING PREPARE REPORT FOR UN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UNDP is working with Turkmenistan's Human Rights Commission to formulate a plan to complete two key UN reports Turkmenistan agreed to submit by the end of 2008. The more significant report, which Turkmenistan [...]	2008-02-14 09:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT238	TURKMENISTAN: MORE THAN 1200 PARDONED FOR FLAG DAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The government published the list of prisoners to be freed under a pardon that President Berdimuhamedov announced on February 13. He said that 1,269 prisoners would be released in honor of Flag Day, which is February 19. [...]	2008-02-14 11:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT239	TURKMENISTAN: CITIZENS UPSET OVER GAS PRICE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contrary to assertions that Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for Oil and Gas Tagiyev made during a February 13 cabinet meeting, efforts to raise gasoline prices by almost 800% (reftel) are not going well. As-yet unsubstantiated rumors of unrest focused [...]	2008-02-14 11:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET ECON TX
08ASHGABAT242	TURKMENISTAN: ONE YEAR WITHOUT PERSONALITY CULT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov celebrated the one-year anniversary of his February 14, 2007, inauguration in private. The only public event to our knowledge -- although there may have been low-key private receptions an [...]	2008-02-15 10:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SCUL DRL
08ASHGABAT243	TURKMENISTAN: VALENTINE'S DAY STILL A POPULAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmen exile opposition website chrono-tm.org reported on February 14 that Ashgabat City officials warned restaurant and bar owners not to hold Valentine's Day events at their venues, because they would clash with the " [...]	2008-02-15 11:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT244	TURKMENISTAN: RUHNAMA - GOING, GOING... [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. LESS EMPHASIS ON READING RUHNAMA AND MORE ON WRITING AND ARITHMETIC 2. (SBU) Since Berdimuhamedov became president in February 2007, former President Niyazov's "Book of the Soul," has become increasingly irrelevant. While still [...]	2008-02-15 11:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT247	TURKMENISTAN: UNIFIED EXCHANGE RATE PRACTICES GAINING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During January and the first week of February, the government has maintained the commercial exchange rate of 20,000 manat per dollar and eliminated almost all black-market foreign exchange transactions by barring [...]	2008-02-15 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT248	TURKMENISTAN: VISIT LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR UPCOMING USAID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 30-31, Almaty-based USAID/CAR Senior Economist Michael Boyd met with several new economic institutions in Turkmenistan to discuss potential cooperation with USAID's upcoming Enhancing Reforms for Econom [...]	2008-02-15 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID TX
08ASHGABAT249	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION CRITICIZES FLEX [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Education (MOE) alleged, via diplomatic note and in a meeting with PAO, that the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program for high school students was not being properly supervised by ACCELS. MOE [...]	2008-02-20 03:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT250	TURKMENISTAN COOPERATING WITH IAEA EFFORTS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An IAEA delegation met with government officials in Ashgabat in mid-February to assist Turkmenistan's efforts to achieve compliance with nuclear-related international conventions to which it is a signatory. Tu [...]	2008-02-20 08:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IAEA TX
08ASHGABAT251	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION CRITICIZES FLEX [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Education (MOE) alleged, via diplomatic note and in a meeting with PAO, that the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program for high school students was not being properly supervised by ACCELS. MOE [...]	2008-02-20 09:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT254	TURKMENISTAN: WHY BURIED HILL FOR SERDAR? WHY NOW? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian petroleum company Buried Hill signed a contract in December 2007 to work Caspian Block III -- a key area disputed by Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan -- but the deal was not announced until after a February 12 meeting between the company's CEO, Roger Haines, board member form [...]	2008-02-20 10:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT255	TURKMENISTAN'S FLAG DAY: ANOTHER NIYAZOV DOG [...] (SBU) Turkmenistan celebrated February 19 as Flag Day, a new national holiday previously marked as former President Niyazov's birthday. As usual for public holidays in Turkmenistan, multiple elaborate public events were scheduled the day before and the actual day of the holiday, and rehearse [...]	2008-02-20 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT258	TURKMENSTAN: NGOS COMMENT ON CURRENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the three non-governmental organizations active in assisting trafficking victims in Turkmenistan, Trafficking in Persons (TIP) is currently not an overwhelming problem, but could grow in Turkmenistan if economic conditions become more difficult. While these organiz [...]	2008-02-21 08:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF ELAB KWMN SMIG ASEC TX
08ASHGABAT259	TURKMENISTAN PROVIDES MORE HUMANITARIAN AID, THIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following on its decision to send aid to Afghanistan (reftel),Turkmenistan donated fuel as humanitarian assistanceto Tajikistan on February 13, publicly demonstrating the strong bilateral ties it shares with it [...]	2008-02-21 08:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI TI TX
08ASHGABAT26	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. CHICKEN ALLOWED IN - FOR THE HOLIDAYS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-origin chicken leg-thigh quarters, which in the early 1990s acquired the moniker of "Bush Legs" throughout the former Soviet Union, made an appearance at Ashgabat's markets over the New Year's weekend. Accor [...]	2008-01-07 12:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT261	TURKMENISTAN: EFFECTS OF DEEP FREEZE LINGER IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A February 20 visit by EmbOff to Turkmemabat, Turkmenistan's second largest city, revealed that the area is still suffering the after-effects of the freezing-cold winter that gripped the country in January and early February. [...]	2008-02-21 12:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT264	TURKMENISTAN'S PARLIAMENT RATIFIES MONTREAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament) on January 22 adopted a resolution on Turkmenistan's accession to the Montreal Protocol, apparently so that the Ministry of Nature Protection will be eligible for additional dono [...]	2008-02-22 05:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV TSPL KTIA TX
08ASHGABAT266	TURKMENISTAN: AGREEMENT REACHED ON PROCEDURES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) MFA and Embassy officials agreed February 21 on a procedure for expeditiously approving landing clearances for civilian emergency medical flights contracted by the Embassy. This new procedure, which entails faxing the reque [...]	2008-02-22 07:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAIR MARR AMED TX
08ASHGABAT268	TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request: see para four. 3. (SBU) Embassy's Defense Attache delivered reftel notification to Turkmenistan's First Deputy Defense Minister, Colonel Atabayev, on February 22, 2008. Atabayev said he had s [...]	2008-02-22 10:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PNAT TSPA TX
08ASHGABAT269	TURKMENISTAN: OSCE CONSIDERING GREATER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation from OSCE's Conflict Prevention Center headed by Senior Board Advisor Henry Bolton told the Embassy on February 13 that, as a result of the Russian Federation's concern over the volume of opiate impo [...]	2008-02-22 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SNAR SMIG OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT27	TURKMENISTAN: NGO FORUM "EARLY HOLIDAY PRESENT" FOR CIVIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On December 24, USAID implementing partner International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) organized a roundtable on NGOs' Participation in the National Reforms that attracted over 50 representatives from governme [...]	2008-01-07 12:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT270	TURKMENISTAN: NEWSPAPER FEATURES ARTICLE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On February 23, "Zaman," a Turkmen-language newspaper, featured a half-page, above-the-fold article with color photos, entitled "Kosovo - New Independent State." "Zaman" borrows some of its content from its "Zaman" parent co [...]	2008-02-25 08:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT271	TURKMENISTAN: NATO CIVIL EMERGENCY PLANNING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Two officials from NATO's Civil Emergency Planning Operations Division, Division Head Carsten Fausboll and Staff Officer Evert Somer, briefed representatives from NATO embassies on February 18 on their meeting with Deputy D [...]	2008-02-25 08:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MARR NATO TX
08ASHGABAT278	TURKMENISTAN: MIDLAND OIL FRUSTRATED [...] (C) Charge met February 27 with Chairman of the Board and President of the U.S.-based Midland Oil and Gas Company Robert Murphy. When they first met on February 1, and again when Murphy provided an update on February 6, he was confident Midland was in pre-qualification status for five major [...]	2008-02-27 11:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT279	TURKMENISTAN: COCKROACH OR NOT - OPPOSITION DISCREDITS [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: "Kronika Turkmenistana," an opposition website based in Bulgaria, recently carried an unlikely story that Turkmenistan TV's "Watan" newscast showed a cockroach walking across the news desk, which led to the firi [...]	2008-02-27 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PROP PHUM SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT280	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV PRIORITIZES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov was in Moscow February 22 for the CIS Informal Summit, where Putin said goodbye, the Turkmen president defined neutrality, and they both watered and nourished the Russian-Turkmen economi [...]	2008-02-27 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET ETRD RS TX
08ASHGABAT284	TURKMENISTAN: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (U) The 2008 Special 301 review process was announced to the Government of Turkmenistan via diplomatic note on January 30. Post recommends keeping Turkmenistan on the 2008 Special 301 Watch List and suggests including the following paragraph on Turkmenistan in the 2008 Special 301 report: [...]	2008-02-28 13:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ETRD KIPR TX
08ASHGABAT285	TURKMENISTAN: CITIZENS FEELING IMPACT OF INCREASED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Almost immediately following the eightfold increase in gasoline costs on February 11, meat and dairy product prices -- already increasing because of livestock losses due to the cold weather -- spiked by 20-50%. For now, the government is trying to stabilize meat prices by enfo [...]	2008-02-28 14:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR ECON ETRD SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT286	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF OIL AND GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting with U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein, Minister of Oil and Gas Baymurad Hojamuhamedov enthusiastically welcomed possible USTDA assistance. He expressed parti [...]	2008-02-29 05:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EPET TX
08ASHGABAT289	TURKMENISTAN: CENTRAL ASIAN CATHOLIC LEADERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Catholic Church leaders from all over Central Asia were in Ashgabat for a week, sharing and comparing their experiences, successes and challenges in legalizing and expanding their activities in this Muslim-domi [...]	2008-03-01 07:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT29	TALKING POINTS REGARDING RESOLUTION OF KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 07:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PGOV YI TX
08ASHGABAT290	TURKMENISTAN: EVIDENCE OF DISCONTENT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an EmbOff's trip to Turkmenbashy February 17-19, an ethnic Dagestani Turkmen citizen driver effusively disclosed -- with little prodding -- his thoughts on the gas price hike, Avaza, and Turkmenistan's econ [...]	2008-03-01 07:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EIND ELAB SCUL SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT291	TURKMENISTAN: PETRONAS PLANNING FOR EXPANDED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-01 08:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT292	TURKMENISTAN: NGO FINDS WORK-AROUND TO [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR PUBLIC INTERNET. 2. (SBU) DURING A ROUTINE VISIT TO A LOCAL NGO ON FEBRUARY 16, ECONOFF SAW THAT THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICE WAS CLOSED FOR "INSPECTION" BY THE MINISTRY OF TRADE. ON FEBRUARY 20, ECONOFF RAN INTO ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE OFFICE BUI [...]	2008-03-03 03:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EFIN SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT295	TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMEDOV LAYS DOWN MARKERS TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a February 28 meeting in Ashgabat, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov told Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann: -- He rejects the concept of Gazprom as monopolist; it's Turkmenistan's key economic partner; -- He is strongly irked at Azerb [...]	2008-03-03 06:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EPET UP TU RS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT3	ICITAP EXPOSES TURKMENISTAN'S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: For the first time, law-enforcement officers from all five of Turkmenistan's provinces plus Ashgabat gathered for a Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) tra [...]	2008-01-02 11:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KJUS KCRM TX
08ASHGABAT300	TURKMENISTAN: UKRAINIAN INDUSTRIALIST MENDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: With a series of diplomatic and commercial forays in January and February, the Ukrainian government appeared to be aggressively working to resolve contractual issues that have stalled its relations with Turkmen [...]	2008-03-04 11:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV UP TX
08ASHGABAT301	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT FIRES PROSECUTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a series of three meetings -- a meeting of the National Security Council, an expanded meeting of the National Security Council and a Cabinet of Ministers meeting -- on March 3, Turkmenistan's President Be [...]	2008-03-04 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EPET MARR TX
08ASHGABAT303	TURKMENISTAN: USTDA EXPLORES OPPORTUNITIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an effort to explore the potential for using U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) programs to promote U.S. equipment manufacturer sales to Turkmenistan, a USTDA delegation met with Turkmen Motor Roads Stat [...]	2008-03-05 11:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EAGR ECON EIND ELTN IR TX
08ASHGABAT304	TURKMENISTAN: UNSC ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 12:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC IR TX
08ASHGABAT306	ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE OIC DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 05:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TX
08ASHGABAT307	TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBONS: FLOUNDERING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During back-to-back meetings on Feburary 29 with U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann, Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagiyev, and Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources By [...]	2008-03-06 06:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV AJ TX
08ASHGABAT308	TURKMENISTAN: 2008 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...]1) Information on country whose central government receives foreign assistance from the United States: Turkmenistan. The death of former President-for-Life Saparmyrat Niyazov on December 21, 2006, offered a new opportunity to engage the Government of Turkmenistan on a number of issue [...]	2008-03-06 06:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID ECON PREL TX
08ASHGABAT309	TURKMENISTAN: PROGRESS TOWARD CURRENCY RATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) It appears that Turkmen government officials have decided to slow down progress toward the planned 2009 unification of the country's dual exchange rate. Resident Deutsche Bank Head told UK Charge that he had been informed [...]	2008-03-06 10:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT311	DESIGNATION OF FOUR ABU GHADIYAH NETWORK MEMBERS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 11:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL TX
08ASHGABAT312	TURKMENISTAN: ACTIVIST'S LETTER TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society activist Natalya Shabunts published via Internet a long letter she sent to Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhamedov, criticizing the government for its failure to protect and care for Turkmenistan' [...]	2008-03-06 12:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT316	TURKMENISTAN: RESIDENTS OF DEMOLISHED HOMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Formerly, when Turkmenistan government officials wanted to tear down housing blocks to replace them with more modern white marble buildings, they simply ordered residents to leave -- often with only three days' notice -- an [...]	2008-03-07 10:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON TX
08ASHGABAT317	TURKMENISTAN CONSIDERS NATIONAL ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a World Bank-sponsored anti-money laundering workshop, international and regional experts focused on the need for innovation, information technology, annual reviews, and international contact networks in discu [...]	2008-03-07 10:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN EAID SNAR RS TX
08ASHGABAT318	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT REWARDS MOTHERS TO PROMOTE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 3, President Berdimuhamedov established a new award giving women who have at least eight children about $250 and some free services. While the award seems to be focused on helping to reverse Turkmenistan' [...]	2008-03-07 10:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT319	TURKMENISTAN: REVIEWING G/TIP PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ashgabat office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) submitted a project proposal on Combating Trafficking in Persons in Turkmenistan: Prevention, Protection and Capacity Building in response to a requ [...]	2008-03-07 13:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KWMN TX
08ASHGABAT32	TURKMENISTAN: BUREAUCRATIC INTRIGUE IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A little digging behind the "technical problem" explanation for the postponement of a visit revealed bureaucratic maneuvering within Turkmenistan's Ministry of Health. A deputy minister stepped in it by extending an invitation that had not been cleared by his boss. Now, colleagu [...]	2008-01-08 11:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT323	TURKMENISTAN: ANOTHER NEW IDEOLOGY? WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In January, President Berdimuhamedov announced his new "Great Revival Epoch" ideology, based on the principle of "government for the people." The new ideology claims to guide developmental reforms that Berdimuha [...]	2008-03-10 10:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT324	TURKMENISTAN: WEEKEND INSPECTIONS LEAD TO SHOP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Over the weekend of March 1-2, Embassy officers noticed that some private shops at some of the larger markets were closed or sealed for inspection, especially shops selling imported alcohol, tobacco, and other luxury goods. [...]	2008-03-10 11:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI TX

08ASHGABAT325	TURKMENISTAN: PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: OFFICIAL INVITATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-10 11:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP KSTC TX
08ASHGABAT326	TURKMENISTAN: FIRST PHASE OF USTDA TRAINING A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Two officials from Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, including the deputy and another high-ranking official, were extremely enthusiastic about the just-completed first phase of USTDA [...]	2008-03-10 11:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EPET EAID TX
08ASHGABAT327	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT VISITS SOUTH YOLOTEN AND OSMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 4 President Berdimuhamedov visited the South Yoloten and Osman onshore oil and gas fields. According to Turkmenistan media reports, the field has a potential of 3 trillion cubic meters of gas. The timin [...]	2008-03-10 13:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT328	TURKMENISTAN: LACKING DIPLOMATIC STATUS, EUROPA HOUSE NOT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 9, the European Union is scheduled to officially open a "Europa House" to support its programs and projects in Turkmenistan. Due to European Commission member states' concerns about Turkmenistan's human r [...]	2008-03-12 03:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EU TX
08ASHGABAT329	TURKMENISTAN: LEGAL DATABASE PROJECT STOKES COMPETITION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Internal competition to compile a legal database seems to have broken out among several government entities, spurred probably by a desire to get credit for fulfilling a high government priority and at least in par [...]	2008-03-12 03:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT33	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT PRESSURING STATE AGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bayrammyrat Muradov, the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, who the president publicly but indirectly criticized during a December 18 cabinet meeting (reftel),is reportedly under growing pressure and could lose hi [...]	2008-01-08 11:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT330	TURKMENISTAN: POSITIVE START TO THE U.S.-TURKISH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID Country Representative met on March 11 with Turkish International Development Agency (TIKA) Coordinator in Turkmenistan and the Turkish Embassy in Ashgabat's Deputy Chief of Mission to explore and identify p [...]	2008-03-12 03:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TU TX
08ASHGABAT331	TURKMENISTAN: COOPERATION WITH INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Over the past two weeks, USAID Country Representative has met with the Director of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights to finalize areas of cooperation that were discussed in previous meetings. USAID noted [...]	2008-03-12 05:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT332	TURKMENISTAN: POTENTIAL OF THE PETROCHEMICALS INDUSTRY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has decided to enter the petrochemical sector by building a new refinery and oil and gas cracker at a Soviet-era, white-elephant refinery in eastern Turkmenistan that never did reach its full producti [...]	2008-03-12 06:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT333	TURKMENISTAN: BHP BILLITON CONSIDERS ENTERING [...] (C) BHP Billiton Petroleum, a Houston-based petroleum company that identifies itself as one of the largest producers in the Gulf of Mexico, is looking at bidding on one of Turkmenistan's Caspian Sea blocks, according to Commercial Director Larry Killion during a March 7 meeting with the Charg [...]	2008-03-12 11:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT334	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV BONDS WITH KARIMOV [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to official press reports, President Berdimuhamedov's official visit to Uzbekistan was a foreign policy success, during which he established a positive working relationship with President Karimov. The [...]	2008-03-12 12:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD TX UZ
08ASHGABAT336	TURKMENISTAN: FALSE STORY ON IRC FURTHER REDUCES OPPO [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian-language opposition website that originated the now infamous cockroach-results-in-mass-firings story (reftel),"Kronika Turkmenistana," has now featured the Embassy's Information Resource Center (IRC [...]	2008-03-12 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PROP KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT338	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON SUBMITS DETAILED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron Country Manager Doug Uchikura told the Charge during a March 11 meeting that he had delivered a 200-plus page detailed "indicative offer" earlier that morning to the office of the Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources. The [...]	2008-03-13 10:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT34	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER WANTS DETAILED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Charge met for an hour January 8 with Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov (other issues reported septel). Meredov dismissed his notetaker and said he wanted to have a totally frank conversation. He intimated relations with Azerbaijan -- including the issue of bilateral Caspian del [...]	2008-01-08 12:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET AZ TX
08ASHGABAT343	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF OIL AND GAS DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Oil and Gas Baymurat Hojamuhamedov told a U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) consultant on March 11 that his Ministry is eager to establish a petrochemical industry to receive higher value for [...]	2008-03-14 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EAID TX
08ASHGABAT346	EU AND TURKMENISTAN MAKING PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The European Union (EU) is negotiating an energy cooperation memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Turkmenistan that would, among other things, set the stage for promoting alternative gas transportation routes that would avoid Russia. The latest draft which the European Commis [...]	2008-03-17 11:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG EU TX
08ASHGABAT347	TURKMENISTAN'S NEW STATE COUNTERNARCOTICS SERVICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: While wearing his colonel uniform -- and a new patch from the newly-formed State Counternarcotics Service, which he heads -- Murad Islamov said in a meeting with Embassy representatives on March 11 that the United [...]	2008-03-17 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EAID SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT348	TURKMENISTAN: LIMITED BANDWIDTH AND PRICE HINDER PROGRESS [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a year into reforms under President Berdimuhamedov, Internet access for ordinary citizens is still limited. Despite the President's early steps towards providing Internet cafes and his statements that all citize [...]	2008-03-17 12:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT35	TURKMENISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER LISTS POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met for an hour January 8 with Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov to press outstanding issues, to deliver new demarches, and to elicit a preview of Turkmenistan's foreign policy priorities for the new year (another issue reported septel). Meredov reaffirmed President Berdim [...]	2008-01-08 12:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ETRD KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT351	EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP (EPG) OF THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 06:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM TX
08ASHGABAT352	TURKMENISTAN RESPONDS TO QUERY ON HAGUE CODE OF [...] Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 17 under cover of a diplomatic note forwarded a letter from Minister of Defense Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev responding to Ref A request urging the Government of Turkmenistan to submit its Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferati [...]	2008-03-18 09:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MNUC ETTC TX
08ASHGABAT354	TURKMENISTAN: NEIGHBORS APPEAR TO COOPERATE AT [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At an OSCE conference on maritime security and environmental cooperation, participants attended presentations on ecological, transit, and trafficking/smuggling issues. The EU said that its "Special Strategy for Centra [...]	2008-03-18 11:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS EWWT SENV TX
08ASHGABAT355	TURKMENISTAN: POSITIVE TRENDS IN STATE MEDIA ENVIRONMENT [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU). SUMMARY: State Media's coverage of Embassy events and visitors has become almost routine with levels of propaganda or pro-regime "spin" dropping slowly over the last year. Recent coverage is evidence of this continuing trend [...]	2008-03-18 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT358	TURKMENISTAN: MORE "YIKES MOMENTS" AT THE [...] (C) On March 19, Hydrocarbon State Agency Director Muradov -- admitted the Government of Turkmenistan will not meet the final deadline to submit names for the next USTDA training in the United States; -- said he wants to find an international law firm or oil and gas consultancy that will [...]	2008-03-19 10:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT359	TURKMENISTAN: MEAT MATTERS - GOVERNMENT LOSES THE PRICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The government's efforts to use price caps to keep meat prices from rising following the introduction in mid-February of higher gasoline prices have failed. Several weeks of shenanigans between meat vendors and t [...]	2008-03-20 03:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT361	TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS COORDINATION [...] (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 [...]	2008-03-20 11:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT363	TURKMENISTAN: TAKING STOCK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Our new relationship with Turkmenistan is now over a year old, and it's time to take stock. After several score U.S. delegations, including a number of very high-level visits, we have a better view of the contour of the relationship and the personalities of the leaders. In gen [...]	2008-03-24 05:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS TX
08ASHGABAT365	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON TO PARTNER WITH WINTERSHALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Country Manager for German oil firm Wintershall, Cal Sandhu (protect throughout),told EmbOff during a March 20 tour d'horizon his company and Chevron are negotiating a partnership in Turkmenistan that could be announced as early as June. More speculatively, he also suggested t [...]	2008-03-24 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EPET GE TX
08ASHGABAT366	TURKMENISTAN: NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN REP ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Redenomination of Turkmenistan's manat could happen earlier than January 1, 2009, according to General Manager of the National Bank of Pakistan representational office M. Rizwan Khan. He suggested that there is some disagreement within Turkmenistan's financial circles over the [...]	2008-03-24 12:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT367	TURKMENISTAN: ITALIAN ENVOY ADMITS ENI IN HOT [...] (U) Senistive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Italian MFA Coordinator and Special Envoy for Central Asia Paolo Serpi met March 20 with the Charge to discuss Serpi's most recent visit. He said he had come to Ashgabat to sign an agreement on cooperation between the two [...]	2008-03-24 12:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT369	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SIGNS NEW LAW ON FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on March 17 unveiled a new government program to promote domestic entrepreneural development and foreign investment, including substantial changes to Turkmenistan [...]	2008-03-24 13:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV BTIO KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT370	TURKMENISTAN: TAKING STEPS TOWARD A MARKET ECONOMY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On March 17 President Berdimuhamedov delivered a policy statement on the Government of Turkmenistan's support of advancing entrepreneurship and foreign investment. To solidify his statements on improving the busine [...]	2008-03-25 04:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV TX
08ASHGABAT371	NON-PAPER ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL-USE ITEM PROVISION OF UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-25 08:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM MNUC PREL TX
08ASHGABAT373	TURKMENISTAN: AMCIT EVANGELICAL GROUP BRINGS [...] (C) The AmCit Evangelical group, Friends of the Turkmen, has returned to Ashgabat for its semi-annual visit. This time the group included one of the officials from the International Foundation, the DC-area organization that does the administrative work for the 2009 National Prayer Breakfast [...]	2008-03-25 12:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT375	TURKMENISTAN: ANOTHER VIEW INTO THE KALEIDOSCOPE [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to a nearly two-decade Western observer and insider, -- Foreign Minister Meredov's role has become more complicated because he has made some powerful enemies in the past year, and because Berdimuhamedov allegedly relies on him now less for advice because he feels mor [...]	2008-03-25 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR RS EU TX
08ASHGABAT377	TURKMENISTAN: NEW TAX CODE FOSTERS FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On March 17 President Berdimuhamedov passed a law amending the Tax Code of Turkmenistan for the sixth time since he is in office. The March 17 amendments are the most numerous and significant so far. The majority o [...]	2008-03-26 10:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EPET TX
08ASHGABAT378	TUKRMENISTAN: WORLD BANK REP DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A local representative of the World Bank Liaison Office in Turkmenistan said on March 24 that World Bank Regional Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Shigeo Katsu was satisfied with the substantive meetings held during his second visit to Turkmenistan, although moving min [...]	2008-03-26 10:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN KCRM TX
08ASHGABAT379	ASHGABAT SURVEILLANCE DETECTION PROGRAM [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Reftels correctly assert that Embassy Ashgabats Surveillance Detection (SD) operations have been severely restricted by the Government of Turkmenistan (GOT) and that it is unlikely that the GOT will agree to authorize normal SD operati [...]	2008-03-26 11:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT APER ASEC
08ASHGABAT38	TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON OIL AND GASS DEVELOPMENTS SINCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. CASPIAN LITTORAL PIPELINE: FINANCIAL DETAILS STILL UNCLEAR 2. (SBU) On December 20, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Russia signed an agreement to build a natural gas pipeline along the Caspian coast line. However, none of the three [...]	2008-01-08 17:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT380	TURKMENISTAN: COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS SHOW SIGNIFICANT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An unpublished report on "Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Survey on HIV/AIDS and Drug Use Among Sex Workers in Turkmenistan" prepared in 2007 by the UN Development Program (UNDP) with the support of the Ministry [...]	2008-03-26 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID SOCI KHIV TX
08ASHGABAT382	TURKMENISTAN: NO VIRUSES (OR COCKROACHES) - POST CORRECTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Public Affairs Section has begun a productive dialog with the Turkmen opposition website that carried inaccurate information (Ref A) about post's Information Resource Center (IRC). This website also originated [...]	2008-03-27 09:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT383	TURKMENISTAN: WESTERN CULTURE RETURNS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To enforce his vision of "positive neutrality" in Turkmenistan and the uniqueness of Turkmen culture, former President Niyazov severely limited public expression of international culture, including the Russian (Sov [...]	2008-03-27 09:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT384	ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MANPADS THREAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 11:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM TX
08ASHGABAT385	TURKMENISTAN: WORLD BANK DISCUSSES COOPERATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent conversation with the local World Bank representative in Ashgabat, he said the World Bank's Payment Systems Unit wants to coordinate better with other donors on some technical assistance projects i [...]	2008-03-27 11:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT386	TURKMENISTAN: ENTREPRENEURS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkmen entrepreneur (and Cochran fellow) who attended President Berdimuhamedov's March 17 announcement of a new effort to develop private entrepreneurship in Turkmenistan told an embassy FSN March 25 that the event was very constructive and open. The entrepreneurs, chosen ahe [...]	2008-03-27 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAGR TX
08ASHGABAT388	TURKMENISTAN/TURKEY: ENERGY WAS THE KEY ISSUE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil told the Charge on March 28, -- the key issue discussed during President Berdimuhamedov's March 24-25 visit to Turkey was energy, both with President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan; -- Berdimuhamedov is prepared to sell to Turkey up to 20 bcm/y [...]	2008-03-28 10:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TU TX
08ASHGABAT389	TURKMENISTAN: CARICC OFFICIALS URGE DEA PRESENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: March 26 meetings with Turkmenistani counter-narcotics officials went very well, the Acting Director of the newly established (counter-narcotics) Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) [...]	2008-03-28 11:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR UNAUS RS KZ TX
08ASHGABAT39	TURKMENISTAN: USAID MISSION DIRECTOR VISITS DASHOGUZ [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During his December 17 meeting with USAID Regional Mission Director Bill Frej, a warm and cordial Dashoguz First Deputy Governor Atajykov thanked Frej for USAID's support for private enterprise in Dashoguz province a [...]	2008-01-09 11:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT390	TURKMENISTAN'S RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOCUSES ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The long-awaited National Program on Rural Development finally became public in March 2008. The Government of Turkmenistan plans to spend $3.661 billion on development in the provinces between 2008-2020. Each prov [...]	2008-03-28 12:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TX
08ASHGABAT396	TURKMENISTAN: GOOD TONE IN MEETING WITH EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge's March 25 meeting with Minster of Education Muhammetgeldi Annaamanov, although cordial and cooperative in tone, did not result in any breakthroughs for education cooperation. Although there was ampl [...]	2008-03-28 13:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT398	SENIOR ROUNDTABLE FOR WOMEN'S JUSTICE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 08:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWIM KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT40	TURKMENISTAN: USAID MISSION DIRECTOR VISITS MARY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On December 15, USAID/CAR Regional Mission Director Bill Frej met with recently appointed Mary Provincial Governor Kakageldi Gurbanov and visited a local farmers' organization that has partnered with several USAID pr [...]	2008-01-09 11:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT401	TURKMENISTAN: MFA PROTESTS IRANIAN ACCUSATION OF [...] (U) According to press reports, the Iranian press attache in Dushanbe announced on March 26 the arrival of 28 tanker trucks of fuel oil and diesel fuel as part of a larger tranche of humanitarian aid Iran was delivering to Tajikistan, which had been sent during the winter to help the Tajiks [...]	2008-03-31 10:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IR TI TX
08ASHGABAT402	TURKMENISTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVIST SAYS HER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) PolOff recently met with civil society activist Natalya Anurova-Shabunts, the co-director of a center that assists the disabled in Ashgabat. She was the author of a lengthy but well-thought-out letter sent to President Be [...]	2008-03-31 10:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT403	TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV, BRIEFLY, TERSELY [...] SBU) Charge met with Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov for a half hour on March 31. Several issues are reported separately. THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP 2. (C) Noting this was the first opportunity they had to speak since Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann vi [...]	2008-03-31 10:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO AJ TX
08ASHGABAT405	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL MOVING SLOWLY [...] (C) On March 28, ExxonMobil Caspian Area Manager Robert Young told the Charge that ExxonMobil is "struggling" to see whether there are any big, tough, challenging hydrocarbon production projects -- the type of project ExxonMobil does best -- in Turkmenistan. Things are going slowly, because [...]	2008-04-01 08:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT406	TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV, LESS BRIEF, LESS [...] (C) In an April 1 follow-up to their March 31 meeting (ref),Charge found a significantly relaxed Foreign Minister Meredov. Though he had promised only 10 minutes, the meeting extended to 45 minutes. 2. (SBU) Meredov confirmed Turkmenistan would participate in the Summer 2008 TIFA meetin [...]	2008-04-01 10:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KPAO KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT407	TURKMENISTAN: MSG DETACHMENT: REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para six below. 2. (S) On March 20, Embassy Ashgabat received a diplomatic note of the same date concerning defensive weapons possessed by the Marine Security Guard detachment. The diplomatic note makes the following key points (see para eight below f [...]	2008-04-01 10:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC TX
08ASHGABAT408	TURKMENISTAN: LEADER OF UNREGISTERED RELIGIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of an unregistered evangelical religious group in the city of Mary has been banned from traveling outside of Turkmenistan, and his home raided -- and religious material seized -- by security authorities in the middle of a religious meeting. Meanwhile, the Council of [...]	2008-04-01 11:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT409	TURKEMNISTAN: ILKINJILER FARMERS ASSOCIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ilkinjiler Farmer's Association is an organization for farmers engaged in private farming. Ilkinjiler managers -- all three alumni of the Cochran Farmer-to-Farmer Program -- told EmbOff March 27 that they are seeing some improvement in their relationship with the governmen [...]	2008-04-02 05:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAGR TX
08ASHGABAT411	TURKMENISTAN: MARY CITY TEACHERS CONTINUE TO [...] (C) During a visit to the American Corner in the provincial city of Mary on March 26, American Corner Director Albina Burashnikova told EmbOff that she thinks that the governor's office is behind school directors warning teachers that visiting the American Corner could put their jobs in jeopa [...]	2008-04-02 09:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT412	TURKMENISTAN'S GAS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION FAILS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting on President Berdimuhamedov's instruction to have more exhibitions, Turkmenistani state petroleum agencies decided to hold three separate events in 2008 -- on gas, on oil, and one comprehensive exhibition an [...]	2008-04-02 09:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT413	TURKMENISTAN: LEBAP PROVINCE DEVELOPING, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Government officials in Lebap Province, bordering Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, are sagging under an array of tasks they have been given to facilitate rural and economic development. Hampered by limited implementa [...]	2008-04-02 12:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR TX
08ASHGABAT414	INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON AFGANISTAN: PARIS, [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT415	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON GETTING A HEARING [...] (C) Chevron's Turkmenistan Country Manager, Doug Uchikura, told EmbOff April 2 that, following his March 11 submission of a detailed bid to drillQlow the salt in the Amu Darya basin (reftel),he had a "very positive" one-on-one meeting with the Executive Director of the State Agency for Manag [...]	2008-04-03 08:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT417	TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: EU TROIKA, LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: As evidenced by the cancelled energy session during the upcoming EU Troika Central Asian Ministerial in Ashgabat (ref A),Turkmenistan is increasingly skittish, even secretive, about discussing Caspian energy issues where it cannot strictly control the agenda and content of the [...]	2008-04-03 11:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET EU RS IR AJ TX
08ASHGABAT419	TURKMENISTAN: GENERAL OBSERVATIONS FROM A VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EmbOff recently traveled to the city of Mary, the capital of the province of the same name. As she walked around town and stopped at various venues, she had an opportunity to talk to a number of local residents. They revealed a degree of ambivalence about transition and refor [...]	2008-04-03 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT420	REQUEST FOR RESIDENTIAL GUARD COVERAGE AT DCM [...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests a permanent 24/7 residential guard post (5821) Non-ICASS Residential Security) at the Deputy Chief of Mission Residence (DCR). Post's FY 2009 Field Budget Plan will account for this increase in staff. 3. (SBU) D [...]	2008-04-03 12:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	APER ASEC
08ASHGABAT421	TURKMENISTAN: TURKMENABAT CHRISTIAN CHURCH FACES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Registration in 2007 appears to have given a small minority Christian church in Turkmenabat some taste of normalcy, but it appears that members of this church will still face an uphill battle with cultural biase [...]	2008-04-03 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT422	TURKMENISTAN: TNK-BP'S NEGOTIATIONS MOVING SLOWLY [...] (C) During an April 2 meeting with Charge, TNK-BP Vice President for International Affairs Shawn McCormick (former U.S. National Security Council staffer) and Country Manager Oleg Lonovenko reported their company set up its office in Ashgabat in September 2007, separate from the office that BP [...]	2008-04-03 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT423	IRAN: IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN AND TRAVEL VIGILANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 13:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP MNUC UNSC IR TX
08ASHGABAT426	TURKMENISTAN: NOT INTENDING TO SEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 12:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PARM MCAP TX
08ASHGABAT427	TURKMENISTAN: DEVELOPMENT VISIBLE IN LEBAP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff toured Turkmenabat city and environs extensively on March 31, as well as visited the banks of the Amu Darya and the Farap border crossing point with Uzbekistan. Turkmenabat's infrastructure is clearly be [...]	2008-04-04 12:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT429	TURKMENISTAN: THE FEMALE "STREET NINJAS" OF ASHGABAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Every day, an army of Turkmen women, in bright orange traffic vests and with their heads and faces wrapped in scarves, descend on the capital's streets and public sites to carefully sweep away Ashgabat's omnipresen [...]	2008-04-07 08:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI SNAR KWMN TX
08ASHGABAT430	TURKMENISTAN: NEW TRANSPARENCY IN DISCUSSING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, the state-owned, Russian-language daily, "Neytralniy Turkmenistan," prominently featured on page 2 an article written by the Deputy Head of Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecast at Turkmenistan's newly [...]	2008-04-07 08:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TX
08ASHGABAT431	TOWN MEETING TURKMEN-STYLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The administration of a building where foreigners and well-off Turkmen reside recently decided to hold a town meeting to inform residents of a switch from private satellite dishes to communal cable TV. Since thi [...]	2008-04-07 08:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT433	TURKMENISTAN: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RELIGION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion will visit Turkmenistan in mid-September, according to OHCHR Regional Representative Matilda Bogner. The current revision of the law by a U.S. expert, funded by USAID, may provide an opportunity to bring the law up to internationa [...]	2008-04-07 11:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT435	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV MAKES THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's trip to Bucharest April 2-3 for the NATO summit appears to have been a success, both in terms of promoting Turkmenistan's image as an engaged player on the world stage, and in confirmi [...]	2008-04-07 12:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MARR NATO TX
08ASHGABAT436	TURKMENISTAN: GTZ REENERGIZES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly six years, during which its active operations in Turkmenistan were suspended, the German Technical Cooperation agency (GTZ) has returned and will provide assistance on amending current legislation as well as on new draft laws. The first laws to be tackled include th [...]	2008-04-08 09:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM GE TX
08ASHGABAT438	TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHT BUSH-BERDIMUHAMEDOV [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: State media prominently highlighted the April 3 meeting between President Bush and Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the NATO Summit in Bucharest to demonstrate Turkmenistan's growing internation [...]	2008-04-08 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT439	TURKMENISTAN: INDIA SEEKING TO REINVIGORATE ITS [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: India and Turkmenistan took yet another step toward reenergizing their bilateral relationship with the April 4-6 visit of India's Vice President Hamid Ansari to Turkmenistan. During the visit, Turkmenistan's P [...]	2008-04-09 06:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET IN TX
08ASHGABAT44	TURKMENISTAN: PETRONAS SEEKS OPTIONS TO EXPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the Malaysia-based hydrocarbon company Petronas continues to move forward with plans to begin producing natural gas in Turkmenistan's Livonov block, it still has not reached any final conclusions about how to transport that gas to market, according to the company's country [...]	2008-01-10 05:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AZ TX
08ASHGABAT440	TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA COVER U.S. EXCHANGE PROGRAMS, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Recent state media coverage of Embassy-sponsored events or programs continues to improve with relatively better coverage of U.S. Government programs and activities in Turkmenistan with slightly better success than b [...]	2008-04-09 09:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT45	TURKMENISTAN: BITTER COLD SNAP KNOCKS ASHGABAT FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Severe cold weather hit Ashgabat and the rest of Central Asia on January 6, and has been challenging the government's ability to keep the city up and operating. The weather has been causing damage to the city's in [...]	2008-01-10 06:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT452	TURKMENISTAN: MEETING DIRECTLY WITH MINISTER OF EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a follow-up to Charge's recent meeting with the Minister of Education (Ref. A),PAO gave a tailored presentation on U.S. Government-funded programs that send Turkmen students to two American-style universitie [...]	2008-04-11 06:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT453	TURKMENISTAN: FOR CHEVRON, IT'S NOW A MATTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Chevron's country manager, Chevron's April 5 presentation to officials from Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon sector (reftel) went smoothly, but Turkmenistan is still unwilling to come to the table to negotiate the company's bid to work onshore sub-salt gas fields. While [...]	2008-04-11 06:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT454	TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN AMBASSADOR ALLEGES U.S. [...] (C) During an April 10 reception hosted by the Baku-based Ambassador of Switzerland, Alain Guidetti, who had just presented his credentials to the Government of Turkmenistan, Charge found himself in a group conversation with the Ambassadors of Georgia, the United Kingdom, Tajikistan, and Iran [...]	2008-04-11 07:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET IR RS TX
08ASHGABAT455	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR U/S REUBEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy and economic reform issues. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly [...]	2008-04-11 12:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT456	TURKMENISTAN: UNDP PULLS PLUG ON TURKMEN TRIP TO [...] (C) UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Inita Paulovica told EmbOff April 10 that UNDP had canceled a planned trip to Geneva for two Turkmen officials to observe the first Universal Periodic Review (reftel). The two had intended to use the trip to help Turkmenistan prepare its own document [...]	2008-04-11 12:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID UN TX
08ASHGABAT457	TURKMENISTAN: THE FIELD OF POTENTIAL FOREIGN OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With two exceptions, Turkmenistan's record of dealing with foreign petroleum companies remains sharply bifurcated between the second-tier companies present in Turkmenistan since former President Niyazov's time and the others that are standing in line to complete new agreements n [...]	2008-04-11 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV EINV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT458	TURKMENISTAN: OMV REP ASSERTS NABUCCO IS THE EC [...] (SBU) Charge met April 11 with Baku-based Austrian Energy firm OMV Caspian Region Country Manager Wolfgang Sporrer who also introduced himself as the Nabucco representative for Turkmenistan. He was in Ashgabat for the April 9-10 EU Troika Central Asian Ministerial, and for the next-day Turkm [...]	2008-04-14 04:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EU AU RS IR TX
08ASHGABAT468	TURKMENISTAN: AMCIT GROUP FREELANCES ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Members of the AmCit group, Friends of the Turkmen, were recently in Turkmenistan to meet with Turkmen officials and offer assistance (Ref. A). The group met with officials at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Health, E [...]	2008-04-14 12:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT469	TURKMEN-AFGHAN ENERGY DIALOGUE - PROTOCOL A BREAKTHOUGH ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Following intensive meetings on April 8-9, officials from Turkmenistan's Ministry of Energy and Industry (MOEI) and Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) signed a landmark agreement to supply additional 3 [...]	2008-04-15 10:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF TX
08ASHGABAT47	PREPARING FOR THE 2008 CENTRAL ASIA TIFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 10:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BTIO PREL TX
08ASHGABAT472	EC TROIKA IN TURKMENISTAN: THE HEADLINE WAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 9-10 EU Troika-Central Asia Ministerial added to Turkmenistan's international and regional credentials. The media headline from the event was Turkmenistan guarantees at least 10 bcm/y natural gas for Europe/Nabucco, although it took a while for media commentators to r [...]	2008-04-15 11:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID EPET KG KZ TI TX UZ EU
08ASHGABAT473	BAHRAIN ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-15 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER DTRA KGIC KNNP BA TX
08ASHGABAT474	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT TRIES TO KICK-START [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 14 held a marathon cabinet meeting at which he announced a number of new initiatives in the economic/financial, media, and construction sectors directed toward accelerating reform. Most significantly, he ordered a one-year process [...]	2008-04-15 12:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN SCUL TX
08ASHGABAT477	DATE AND MEETING DETAILS FOR A GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-15 14:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KGIC PARM PREL TX
08ASHGABAT478	TURKMENISTAN: MFA RESPONDS AFFIRMATIVELY TO PSI [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-16 08:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP KSTC PARM TX
08ASHGABAT479	TURKMENISTAN: MORE ON SHAKE-UPS OF ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an extended Cabinet of Ministers meeting April 14 that included a discussion of economic and financial reforms (Ref A),President Berdimuhamedov made a number of personnel changes. According to the well-connected local representative of the European Bank for Reconstruction an [...]	2008-04-16 09:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EFIN TX

08ASHGABAT48	TURKMENISTAN: BAN ON IMPORTED CHICKEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge conveyed to Turkmenistan's Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations on January 9 the reftel demarche requesting Turkmenistan lift its ban on importating U.S. poultry products. The officials did not [...]	2008-01-10 12:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT481	TURKMENISTAN: OSCE NATIONAL MINORITIES EXPERT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An OSCE expert on national minorities was in Ashgabat April 16 to try to initiate a dialogue with Turkmen officials on minority education. The government appears to have given the OSCE the cold shoulder on this [...]	2008-04-17 05:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT482	TURKMENISTAN/EU TROIKA-CENTRAL ASIA: BEHIND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Briefing on the April 9-10 EU Troika-Central Asia Ministerial in Ashgabat, French Ambassador Christian Lechervy (strictly protect throughout) -- lamented the region's lack of cohesion and common interests, as well as Kazakhstan's "arrogance"; -- criticized EU Commissioner fo [...]	2008-04-17 08:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL PHUM PINR EPET RS FR IR ZK TX
08ASHGABAT483	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. COMPANY TO ERECT WORLD'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. PRESIDENT 2. (SBU) Turkmenistan is home to the world's biggest carpet -- a fact certified by the Guinness Book of World Records and not particularly surprising given the world renown of Turkmen carpets. Soon, [...]	2008-04-17 09:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SCUL TU AJ TX
08ASHGABAT485	TURKMENISTAN'S CURRENCY RE-DENOMINATION; EXCHANGE RATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 14 President Berdimuhamedov signed a decree that spells out more details about the forthcoming re-denomination of Turkmenistan's currency -- the manat - first announced on September 11, 2007. The re-denomin [...]	2008-04-17 11:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT488	TECHNOCRATS AND GENERALISTS IN TURKMENISTAN'S PETROLEUM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As Turkmenistan reforms its oil and gas industry, two principally different development strategies exist among the country's hydrocarbon leadership. One school of thought -- the technocrats -- places primary empha [...]	2008-04-17 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT49	TURKMENISTAN: HYDROCARBON AGENCY'S MURADOV [...] (U) See action request in para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a January 10 meeting, the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Byrammurat Muradov, told the Charge that press reports that each of the three countries involved in const [...]	2008-01-10 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET RS KZ TX
08ASHGABAT490	TURKMENISTAN: AUTHORITIES HARASSING RFE/RL [...] (C) On April 16 and 18, RFE/RL reporter Halmurat Gulychdurdiyev updated Post on current pressures by the government against him and another reporter to discourage them from reporting for RFE/RL. Gulychdurdiyev said harassment of RFE/RL reporters was intensifying again, although it had abate [...]	2008-04-18 09:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT492	TURKMENISTAN: AHAL PROVINCE PASTOR OPTIMISTIC AS CHURCH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During a visit to cities in Ahal province to the west of Ashgabat, PAO met with the pastor of the Light of Life Christian Church's branch in Abadan city. The Abadan branch of the church applied for registration as a religi [...]	2008-04-18 12:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT495	TURKMENISTAN: AHAL PROVINCE FARMERS EKE OUT A PROFIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Private farmers in Ahal province are chafing under state controls and regulations that mandate they dedicate much of their acreage to certain crops rather than to crops of their own choosing. They consistently tel [...]	2008-04-22 03:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EAID ECON TX
08ASHGABAT496	TURKMENISTAN: MUSLIM TOUR GUIDE AT GYPJAK MOSQUE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A visit to the Gypjak Mosque revealed that at least one of the Muslim religious students charged by the government to show visitors around such official government mosques may be showing signs of a more fervent [...]	2008-04-22 05:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT497	TURKMENISTAN: NEXT STEPS IN U.S.-TURKISH DIALOGUE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following working-level meetings with counterparts at the Turkish International Development Agency (TIKA),USAID requested meetings on April 16-17 with two Deputy Ministers of Health and Medical Industry to identif [...]	2008-04-22 07:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT498	TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY HOLDS CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 3-4, USAID partner International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) co-organized a seminar on international legislation governing public organizations with Turkmenistan's Institute for Democracy and Human [...]	2008-04-22 07:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT499	TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY SEES ICNL AND USAID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following an April 4 conference on NGO legislation jointly hosted by the International Center for Not-for-profit-Law (ICNL) and Turkmenistan's Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR),the Institute's direc [...]	2008-04-22 07:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT5	TURKMENISTAN: ARRANGED MARRIAGES MAKE A COMEBACK, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In Turkmenistan, a traditional country where most women still marry rather than face the social stigma from remaining single, women's rights are closely linked to marriage customs. Although the pre-Soviet custom of [...]	2008-01-02 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT501	TURKMENISTAN: RFE/RL REPORTER'S FAMILY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: RFE/RL reporter Gulychdurdiyev's son was finally married on April 21, but not before the family engaged in some creative maneuvering to outsmart authorities bent on ruining the wedding. Despite officials' meddl [...]	2008-04-22 11:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT502	TURKMENISTAN: YOUNG ECONOMIST SPECULATES ON [...] (C) On a plane to Istanbul on April 5, EconOff sat next to Nury Meredov (strictly protect),a former economic advisor employed on a contractual basis at Turkmenistan's Embassy in Washington. Meredov was on his way to Malaysia to participate in a Government of Malaysia-sponsored, two-week sem [...]	2008-04-22 11:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT503	DISCOURAGING RUSSIA FROM UPGRADING RELATIONS WITH ABKHAZIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 12:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GG RS TX
08ASHGABAT506	URGING TURKMENISTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. PROPOSAL FOR A REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 11:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GG RS TX
08ASHGABAT507	TURKMENISTAN: RFE REPORTER GYLYCHDURDIYEV'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Halmurat Gylychdurdiyev is a longtime reporter for RFE/RL, he also has a more than ten year-old bone to pick with Turkmenistan's government. His ongoing fight over a financial dispute in the 1990s is a contributing factor why authorities put pressure on him and his fa [...]	2008-04-23 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT508	TURKMENISTAN'S SUPREME AUDIT CHAMBER: CHARGED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's GAO-like Supreme Auditing Chamber was created in August 2007 to oversee use of the country's resources. A meeting on April 14 revealed that Chamber employees are interested in how their counterparts [...]	2008-04-23 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT509	IRANIAN DIPLOMAT PUBLICLY HARANGUES TURKMENISTAN FOR POOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 22 Trade Facilitation workshop held in Ashgabat for Central Asian agencies involved in border control and trade, an Iranian diplomat made a 5-minute harangue criticizing the Government of Turkmenis [...]	2008-04-24 03:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD SNAR IR TX
08ASHGABAT510	TURKMENISTAN: U/S JEFFERY'S DINNER WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The success of economic reform in Turkmenistan is by no means assured, select members of Ashgabat's diplomatic corps told Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III during a free-wheeling dinner on April 21. Although the president appears c [...]	2008-04-24 05:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID EPET TX
08ASHGABAT511	TURKMENISTAN: U/S JEFFERY'S APRIL 21 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Reuben Jeffery visited Ashgabat on April 21. The overall tone of the visit was decidedly positive, even though several of the meetings were head-bangingly Soviet. Alt [...]	2008-04-24 05:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EAID TX
08ASHGABAT513	TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Selakhattin Yetim (please strictly protect throughout),Deputy General Director of the third-largest Turkish construction company in Turkmenistan, Sehil Inshaat, said that President Berdimuhamedov was justified in his comments criticizing the work of some Turkish construction co [...]	2008-04-24 13:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TX
08ASHGABAT514	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO BUILD ELITE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At the April 14 Cabinet of Ministers session, President Berdimuhamedov approved $575 million in construction projects, including 1,764 elite apartments that must be completed by February 2010. Although the presiden [...]	2008-04-25 07:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV BEXP TX
08ASHGABAT519	NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 08:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NPT TX
08ASHGABAT520	TURKMENISTAN: UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FLIGHT OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 10:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP KN SY
08ASHGABAT521	TURKMENISTAN: CHRISTIAN PASTOR DETAINED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 10:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT522	TURKMENISTAN: SPECIAL 301 - 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 13:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR TX
08ASHGABAT523	TURKMENISTAN: CURRENCY DEVALUATION -- A WORK IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 19 and April 24, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan significantly changed the manat-dollar exchange rate twice, reducing the value of the dollar by 33 percent. On April 14 the president made a vague statement that made many think that the exchange rates would be unified [...]	2008-04-25 13:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT524	TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA UNSURE HOW TO MEET THE [...] (C) President Berdimuhamedov gave state media a May deadline to make significant improvements in the quality of its broadcasting. Despite the president's calls for creativity and higher quality news and programming, it appears state media is not able at this stage to meet these demands. In [...]	2008-04-28 04:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EAID SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT525	TURKMENISTAN: INTERBUDMONTAZH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, 2008 Turkmenistan announced its intention to take Ukrainian construction company Interbudmontazh to court for failing to fulfill the terms of a major tunnel construction contract. President Berdimuha [...]	2008-04-28 06:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV BEXP PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT526	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA COVERAGE OF UNDER SECRETARY REUBEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: International and domestic state media accurately covered Under Secretary of State Reuben Jeffery's April 21-22 visit to Turkmenistan. The accurate state media coverage reflects the Turkmen government's continued c [...]	2008-04-28 06:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT527	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT TO VISIT BAKU, SEEK [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov has asked the United States to play a watchful and helpful role as he negotiates with Azerbaijan's President Aliyev to establish a bilateral Caspian Sea commercial venture that would allow Turkmenistan's natural gas to flow Westward to Europe, bypassing [...]	2008-04-28 08:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT529	AFTER THREATS TO CANCEL, TURKMENISTAN HOSTS REGIONAL TRADE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) neglected to follow up appropriately during the process of organizing the EU-UNDP Border Management and Drug Actions Programs in Central Asia (BOMCA/CADAP) workshop [...]	2008-04-28 11:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD SNAR IR TX
08ASHGABAT530	TURKMENISTAN: ENGINEER AT CATERPILLAR [...] (S) A Russian citizen engineer, who worked for Zeppelin, the company that represents Caterpillar in Turkmenistan, was convicted of child pornography and deported on April 23, according to German Ambassador Hans Mondorf and EU-TACIS Advisor Michael Wilson. When the engineer was first arrested [...]	2008-04-28 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL ECON ETRD SOCI KCRM TX
08ASHGABAT531	TURKMENISTAN: PARLIAMENT REQUESTS INPUT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from USAID's local governance implementing partners met with the Parliament and the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights on April 23-24 to discuss potential areas for cooperation. In a signific [...]	2008-04-28 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT532	TURKMENISTAN: CHRISTIAN PASTOR DETAINED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local police in Turkmenbashi raided a religious gathering April 23 and detained a registered church's pastor and two foreign visitors. The threats to plant false evidence on the pastor and the intense interrogation demonstrate how local security structures can still abuse thei [...]	2008-04-28 14:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT533	USAID ECONOMIC GROWTH PROGRAMS WARMLY RECEIVED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: April 16-22, a delegation led by USAID/CAR Economic Growth Office Director met with major Turkmen counterparts to discuss the status of USAID's Economic Growth programs in Turkmenistan. The Ministry of Energy and [...]	2008-04-29 03:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON ENRG TX
08ASHGABAT534	TURKMENISTAN SIGNALS DESIRE TO MATCH OTHER CENTRAL ASIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to a presentation by USAID on April 22, the Deputy Chairwoman of the Supreme Council on Science and Technology (SCST) voiced support for offical approval for the USAID-developed accounting training and pr [...]	2008-04-29 05:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
08ASHGABAT536	TURKMENISTAN'S ETREK DISTRICT: WAITING FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Burdened by an isolated location, poor roads and years of neglect from the center, Turkmenistan's Etrek District, located in western Turkmenistan on the border with Iran, has experienced little economic developmen [...]	2008-04-29 09:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR SNAR PBTS PREL TX
08ASHGABAT537	TURKMENISTAN: BP INTERESTED IN OPENING AN OFFICE, [...] (C) BP President for Business Development in Russia and Central Asia John-Paul Stalder told the Charge April 28 that BP is moving forward with plans to open an office in Ashgabat. The registration process will take 3-6 months, and BP foresees that the toughest problem will be finding appropr [...]	2008-04-29 11:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET TX
08ASHGABAT538	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV VISIT TO KABUL A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's president arrived April 28 for a one-day visit in Kabul. Although the two presidents see opportunities in an expanded relationship, the projects they are most interested in will require further c [...]	2008-04-29 11:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL ECON ENRG EPET AF TX
08ASHGABAT546	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan relies heavily on imports of many basic foodstuffs. As a result of economic reforms in the country (including an 800% increase in gasoline prices),low domestic food production due to years of bad ag [...]	2008-04-30 11:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT55	TURKMENISTANL: AHAL TEKE TRIBE DOMINATES GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Examination of background information that is available on government leadership reinforces the widely-held notion that President Berdimuhamedov's Ahal Teke tribe dominates the senior levels of government. Members o [...]	2008-01-14 07:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT550	TURKMENISTAN: DISCONTENT IN DASHOGUZ PROVINCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Misery is on the rise in Dashoguz, a mid-sized city and important cotton producing center near the Uzbek border. Central government policies to raise gas prices and devalue the dollar have led to inflation and made l [...]	2008-05-01 11:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL SOCI KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT551	AT LONG LAST, A UNIFIED EXCHANGE RATE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 1, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan announced a unified exchange rate of 14,250 manat per $1. The final impact of the four-month process for unifying the dual exchange rate is yet unclear. Immediately evident is the fact that the arbitrary devaluation of the dollar ha [...]	2008-05-01 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EIND ETRD EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT552	PAYMENT OF AIR NAVIGATION AND OTHER FEES BY U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 6. (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmenistan government informed us that it will stop charging air navigation fees to USG aircraft, as long as the Turkmenistan National Civil Aviation Service (Turkmenhowayollary - THY) continues to receive the same amount of i [...]	2008-05-01 14:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS US TX
08ASHGABAT554	U.S. DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 07:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA TX
08ASHGABAT558	TURKMENISTAN: SOCIAL ILLS WORSEN IN DASHOGUZ PROVINCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Life in Dashoguz, a mid-sized city with 100,000 residents close to the Uzbek border, has always been hard. The city and central governments favor Turkmen and offer limited opportunities for educational advancement [...]	2008-05-02 12:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL SOCI KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT559	TURKMENISTAN: REGISTRATION WOES FOR BAPTIST CHURCH IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmen Baptist Church of Dashoguz pastor Begjan Shirmedov says it is no easier trying to register his church under President Berdimuhamedov than former President Niyazov. More than two years ago, Shirmedov submitted paper [...]	2008-05-02 12:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL SOCI KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT560	TURKMENISTAN: REGISTRATION WOES FOR BAPTIST CHURCH IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmen Baptist Church of Dashoguz pastor Begjan Shirmedov says it is no easier trying to register his church under President Berdimuhamedov than former President Niyazov. More than two years ago, Shirmedov submitted paper [...]	2008-05-02 12:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL SOCI KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT561	TURKMENISTAN: REMOVING SATELLITE DISHES -- BAD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Since President Berdimuhamedov's late 2007 decision that privately-owned satellite dishes should be removed from the outside of apartment buildings in an effort to beautify the city, nervous residents have wondered what thi [...]	2008-05-02 14:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT562	TURKMENISTAN: PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE - COST OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Just a day after Turkmenistan unified its dual currency exchange rate at 14,250 manats to the dollar (Ref A) -- a rate which many experts here thinks inflates the manat's real value against the dollar -- authorities seem pr [...]	2008-05-02 14:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT563	TURKMENISTAN: DOCTOR REPORTS ON HOSPITAL CORRUPTION IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A doctor recently discovered an extensive pharmaceutical theft scheme in a Mary hospital, and the discovery lead to her being fired from her job and beaten. While corrupt officials benefit from malfeasance, it [...]	2008-05-05 10:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AMED SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT564	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS' CONFERENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, USAID organized a conference on the Introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Turkmenistan as part of its cooperative agreement with the United Nations Development Program ( [...]	2008-05-05 11:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
08ASHGABAT565	TURKMENISTAN: RESPONSE ON OUTREACH TO ACTIVISTS AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmenistan is a tightly-controlled dictatorship where citizens are not permitted to engage in direct human rights advocacy work. There are no international human rights organizations present, including from United Natio [...]	2008-05-05 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT568	TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: NATURAL GAS "AGREEMENT" LEAVES [...] (C) Although Iran and Turkmenistan agreed April 25 to resume delivery of Turkmenistan's natural gas to Iran, they are still negotiating both the price and volume of natural gas deliveries, the Iranian ambassador told Poland's Ambassador Marciej Lang during a May 5 diplomatic event. The two s [...]	2008-05-05 12:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT570	TURKMENISTAN: MAGTYMGULY SHELTERED FROM ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although life seems increasingly tough in most of Turkmenistan's agricultural areas, the district of Magtymguly, located west of Ashgabat close to Turkmenistan's border with Iran, seems to be weathering the country's inflation and unemployment slightly better than other rural ar [...]	2008-05-05 13:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON SOCI IR TX
08ASHGABAT571	TURKMENISTAN: POOR GO THROUGH DUMPSTERS LOOKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Many post personnel live in so-called marble-covered "elite" apartment buildings on prestigious Archabil Avenue. The Berzengi neighborhood, located in the south of Ashgabat with a postcard-view of the Kopetdag Mountains, [...]	2008-05-05 13:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT572	TURKMENISTAN: CADDO EXPLORATION LOOKS TO LONG TERM [...] (C) Houston-based Caddo Exploration is looking at becoming involved in Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon production, according to the company's president, Neel Duncan. Although Caddo is "willing to drill almost anywhere" in the short-term, the company really wants to become involved in on-shore pro [...]	2008-05-06 09:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PREL TX
08ASHGABAT573	TURKMENISTAN: SUN-FACING NIYAZOV STATUE HEADING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many Ashgabat residents were surprised when Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhamedov directed on May 3 that the Arch of Neutrality, with its rotating gold-plated statue of former president Saparmurat Niyazov, should be moved from its current location in downtown Ashgabat to the m [...]	2008-05-06 11:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI SCUL TX
08ASHGABAT574	TURKMENISTAN DEVALUES THE EURO [...] (C) Europa House Coordinator Emilio Valli told EmbOffs May 4 that Turkmenistan has recently devalued the euro 30% in relation to the Turkmenistan manat. He explained this was done in order to prevent people from further profiting on a difference between the European and Turkmenistan euro/dolla [...]	2008-05-06 11:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT577	FROM ASHGABAT TO MASHHAD: WESTERN DIPLOMATS GET A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Two female Western diplomats made a visit recently to Mashhad, Iran, and got a feel for the city and its residents. Although the city was historically and culturally interesting, the visitors increasingly felt [...]	2008-05-06 12:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI SCUL TX IR
08ASHGABAT58	TURKMENISTAN: SENATOR LUGAR RAISES RFE/RL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 11, just before the arrival of SFRC Minority Chairman Senator Richard Lugar, Post received e-mail documentation of harassment by Turkmen authorities of three Turkmenistan citizens who report for RFE/RL. Post pre [...]	2008-01-14 10:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT586	TURKMENISTAN: MAY 6 PRISONER PARDON DECREE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The May 6 edition of Neytralniy Turkmenistan published the presidential order pardoning another group of prisoners in honor of the Victory Day holiday on May 9. Post reviewed the list of those released, and of the 908 names [...]	2008-05-07 06:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT587	TURKMENISTAN: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM GETS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Observers and citizens alike were caught off-guard when Turkmen television reported April 18 that the government had kicked off an effort to revise the national constitution. Although authorities want to presen [...]	2008-05-07 07:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT588	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON WANTS TO RACHET UP LEVEL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recognizing that the competition for on-shore contracts for drilling in the Amu Darya basin in eastern Turkmenistan is increasing, Chevron is focusing on bringing Turkmen officials to the negotiation table soonest. After Deputy Premier for Oil and Gas Tagiyev and Executive Direc [...]	2008-05-07 10:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EPET TX CH
08ASHGABAT589	TURKMENISTAN: LARGEST TURKISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY [...] (C) During a routine meeting on May 5 with the Planning Manager of the Turkish construction company, Polimeks (reftel),EconOff coincidentally met the Business Development Manager of the newly created Polimeks Energy Corporation, Deniz Tura. Tura said that Polimeks Energy is interested in fo [...]	2008-05-07 10:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL TU TX
08ASHGABAT590	CHEVRON READY TO INVEST IN SOCIAL PROJECTS (INCLUDING AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On May 1, Chevron Nebitgaz (Turkmenistan) President told USAID Representative that Chevron is willing to invest in social development projects prior to signing a contract in Turkmenistan in order to demonstrate its l [...]	2008-05-07 11:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON ENRG EPET TX
08ASHGABAT591	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT FOCUSING ENERGIES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A meeting with a Turkmen constitutional expert provided post with some insight into the process of constitutional reform that is now underway. All other legislative reform work has been halted and appropriate human resources are being focused on developing proposals that will [...]	2008-05-08 08:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT599	TURKMENISTAN'S BLACK MARKET IN EXCHANGE -- HOW IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from various of Turkmenistan's ministries and state enterprises have profited from a system, run by the Central Bank, where money from dollar denominated "special" accounts were originally valued at the official rate and sold at the higher black market or "unofficial rat [...]	2008-05-08 13:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT6	TURKMENISTAN 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Text of Embassy Ashgabat's Investment Climate Statement for 2008 is as follows: BEGIN TEXT: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkmenistan is a relatively large but sparsely inhabited country (about five million) with abundant hydrocarbon resources. The government regularly proclaims [...]	2008-01-02 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR TX
08ASHGABAT60	TURKMENISTAN: MOVING TOWARDS A UNIFIED EXCHANGE RATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government continues to prohibit almost all currency exchange operations outside of banks. Although the "commercial" rate remains stable for cash operations, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan has not yet issued [...]	2008-01-14 12:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT600	TURKMENISTAN: NORWAY'S STATOILHYDRO OFFERS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Like many other foreign oil companies, Norway's Statoilhydro is looking for a formula that will allow it to get a contract to drill for natural gas in Turkmenistan's on-shore fields, the company's Vice President for Caspian Operations, Kristian Hausken, told EmbOff May 8. Hauske [...]	2008-05-08 15:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET NO TX
08ASHGABAT602	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV INCREASES [...] (C) Over recent months, there has been a noticeable increase in security around President Berdimuhamedov. For example, both RSO and defense attaches from various embassies have noticed that there are more police (including plainclothes officers) on the street when the president moves around [...]	2008-05-09 06:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PTER SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT604	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN-SPONSORED VICTORY DAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian embassy hosted the annual dinner/reception for the dwindling Red Army veteran community. While the event celebrated the end of the Great Patriotic War and the end of the Fascist threat, it was unde [...]	2008-05-12 09:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI RS TX
08ASHGABAT605	TURKMENISTAN: A FRUSTRATED MIDLAND CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Murad Sariyev, a former U.S. UGRAD exchange student who now works as an interpreter for Midland Oil and Gas, told EmbOff May 7 that his new employers continue to wait -- with no results yet -- for a contract to do business in Turkmenistan. (NOTE: Midland Chairman Robert Murphy told Char [...]	2008-05-12 12:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT606	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT EXHIBITION SHOWCASES CHANGING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's first ever International Exhibition and Conference of Education, Science, Sports and Tourism in the Epoch of Great Revival took place in Ashgabat May 1-3. The exhibition provided additional hope that [...]	2008-05-13 03:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT61	STATE AGENCY'S MURADOV TELLS SENATOR LUGAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov, told Senator Richard Lugar on January 11 Turkmenistan needs energy revenue to fund its development, and increasing foreign direct investment in Turkmenistan's [...]	2008-01-14 12:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT614	TALKING POINTS AND U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 05:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ETRD TRGY KNNP AORC UNSC IR TX
08ASHGABAT615	TURKMENISTAN: IMF ACCEPTS "NEW DAWN" IN RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On May 8, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Division Chief (Middle East and Central Asia) Peter Winglee briefed representatives of international organizations on the delegation's recently concluded mission. [...]	2008-05-14 09:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT617	TURKMENISTAN: MOSQUE-HOPPING IN ASHGABAT FINDS NO TRACE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff's visit to various Ashgabat mosques revealed the conspicuous absence of the Ruhnama, former President Niyazov's required "spiritual guide," underscoring the book's decline in influence in post-Niyazov Turkmeni [...]	2008-05-14 09:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF KISL TX
08ASHGABAT618	TURKMENISTAN: FOOD PRICES LEVEL OFF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) While the unification of the currency exchange rate at 14,250 manat to the dollar in late April resulted in stress and uncertainty among Turkmenistan's residents, prices for most major market basket items showed little or n [...]	2008-05-14 12:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT62	TURKMENISTAN: SFRC MINORITY CHAIRMAN SENATOR [...] (C) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: Senator Richard Lugar Kenneth A. Meyers III, Republican Senior Professional Staff Charge d'affaires (note-taker) TURKMENISTAN: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for Foreign Affairs [...]	2008-01-14 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR EPET EU AZ GG RS TX
08ASHGABAT626	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON UPDATE [...] (C) During a May 14 briefing to update the Charge on the current state of play of Chevron's bid to produce deep sub-salt natural gas in Turkmenistan's Amu Darya basin, Chevron Country Manager Doug Uchikura repeated most of the information contained Ref A. However, he added that Chevron is dr [...]	2008-05-15 10:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT63	TURKMENISTAN: SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGE IN NEWS MEDIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 10 meeting with a Public Affairs Section (PAS) assistant, a Ministry of Culture official expressed a desire for greater reform of state news media and increased support for more exchanges with the Un [...]	2008-01-14 12:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SCUL KDEM KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT632	TURKMENISTAN EXPANDING COOPERATION WITH NATO, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons discussed NATO's ongoing relationship with Turkmenistan and NATO's interest in an agreement for a commercial-based ground transport route for non-lethal goods through Turkmenistan to s [...]	2008-05-15 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MARR SNAR NATO TX
08ASHGABAT637	TURKMENISTAN: COUNCIL ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting with Council on Religious Affairs Deputy Chairman and two junior functionaries revealed that there has been little progress on several issues that have dogged minority religious groups' capacity to eng [...]	2008-05-16 10:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT638	TURKMENISTAN: EUROPA HOUSE HELPING FULFILL EU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The coordinator for the EU's central clearinghouse for assistance and initiatives in Turkmenistan updated post on the work that Europa House is now doing to implement EU initiatives that will raise the prospects [...]	2008-05-17 07:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM EPET TX
08ASHGABAT639	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN TELECOM COMPANY INTRODUCES LIMITED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's government has been moving gradually to act on President Berdimuhamedov's call for universal Internet access. Turkmen Telecom, so far Turkmenistan's sole Internet provider, has signed a contract with [...]	2008-05-19 11:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EINV ECPS TX
08ASHGABAT640	TURKMENISTAN'S NORTH: SATELLITE DISHES ON MUD HOUSES, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Turkmenistan's northern city of Dashoguz, PolOff found local residents generally positive about life in their region. Vendors in the city's largest market, which was bustling with activity [...]	2008-05-19 11:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ TX
08ASHGABAT647	TURKMENISTAN: DONORS COMPARE NOTES ON HUMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from several Western embassies and international organizations met May 16 at the British embassy to compare notes on current and planned projects that focus on human rights and the rule of law. [...]	2008-05-20 07:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT648	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 11:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER KGIC PREL TX
08ASHGABAT649	ASHGABAT DCMR FUNDING REALIGNMENT OF FUNDS FROM [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Per email instructions, post is requesting the realignment of funds to cover the cost of 3 new Deputy Chief of Mission residence guard positions. Due to the termination of the Surveillance Detection program at post, three membe [...]	2008-05-20 12:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT APER ASEC
08ASHGABAT65	TURKMENISTAN: SENATOR RICHARD LUGAR AND FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: SUMMARY: During a positive and businesslike meeting on January 12, Foreign Minister Meredov told Senator Lugar Turkmenistan -- has designed its new foreign policy to further expand and deepen relations in the world, focuses on improving regional relations (especially with Uzb [...]	2008-01-15 07:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID EPET AF AZ UZ TX
08ASHGABAT651	TURKMENISTAN: SAUDI AMBASSADOR SAYS OVER 1,000 [...] (C) On May 19, Saudi Arabian Ambassador Abdel Aziz Al-Ghadeer told Charge that in 2007 1,100 Turkmen had received special Saudi hajj visas, in addition to the planeload of 188 pilgrims officially sponsored and funded by Turkmenistan's government (reftel). The ambassador somewhat reluctantly [...]	2008-05-21 07:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TU SA TX
08ASHGABAT652	TURKMENISTAN: UNSETTLED TIMES, BUT NO REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Even though 2008 has brought a number of economic displacements that have put new pressures on people used to minimal price raises and an extensive system of subsidies, Turkmenistan remains far from revolt. Grumbling -- a new phenomenon that would never have been heard, or pe [...]	2008-05-21 08:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT653	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the areas of education and the human dimension. President Bush met briefly with Preside [...]	2008-05-21 09:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM TX

08ASHGABAT656	SUCCESS OF TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov was in Baku May 19 and 20 for the first visit by a Turkmen president to Azerbaijan in 12 years, and appears to have closed the door on seven years of sour diplomatic relations between th [...]	2008-05-22 12:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET ETRD RS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT657	TURKMENISTAN: SOME IN TURKMENBASHY UPBEAT, OTHERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Conversations with local residents during a recent visit to the Caspian port city of Turkmenbashy revealed a mixture of attitudes, with several individuals expressing satisfaction with their lives and overall optimi [...]	2008-05-22 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI AJ TX
08ASHGABAT66	TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS VISIT OF SENATOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On January 11, the Russian-language, government-operated website "Turkmenistan Golden Age" reported on Senator Lugar's arrival in Turkmenistan, giving accurate details on his planned schedule. Similar reports on the same day [...]	2008-01-15 08:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR EPET KPAO OIIP TX
08ASHGABAT665	LOCAL IMF REPRESENTATIVE UPBEAT ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local International Monetary Fund (IMF) Liaison/Research Officer Jennet Hojanazarova is very optimistic about economic and financial reforms underway in Turkmenistan. According the Hojanazarova, the current team of economic leaders is working well together, and that they are al [...]	2008-05-23 13:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT666	TURKMEN-AZERI JOINT CASPIAN EXPLOITATION: A WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a readout of President Berdimuhamedov's May 19-20 visit to Baku, Hydrocarbon State Agency Director Muradov said: -- the will exists in both Ashgabat and Baku for trans-Caspian transportation of Turkmenistan's natural gas through Azerbaijan to Europe, and for a bi-nation [...]	2008-05-27 09:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT667	TURKMENISTAN-EU ENERGY MOU MIGHT OPEN NEW DOORS [...] (C) During his early-November 2007 visit to Brussels, President Berdimuhamedov agreed that Turkmenistan and the European Union would draw up and sign an energy memorandum of understanding (MOU). The original intention was that Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagiyev would retu [...]	2008-05-27 11:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EU TX
08ASHGABAT668	TURKMENISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS NON-PAPER DELIVERED [...] (SBU) As instructed reftel, Charge delivered on May 27 to Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov the English original and Russian translation of the non-paper, "Steps for Further Democratic Reform and Human Rights Protection," noting SCA Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher coul [...]	2008-05-27 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT669	TURKMENISTAN: DELL INC. TAKES ANOTHER LOOK; SEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dell Inc. Regional Manager for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (except Russia and Ukraine) from Dell Inc. visited Ashgabat to investigate reshaping their business in Turkmenistan. Dell has been active in Turkmenistan since 2006, mostly selling workstations to t [...]	2008-05-27 12:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD TINT KZ RS UP TX
08ASHGABAT670	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY SPECIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...]	2008-05-27 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT671	TURKMENISTAN CONTINUES TO SHUCK VESTIGES OF NIYAZOV'S [...] (U) In response to April 23 instructions from President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament) on May 24 adopted a resolution that returns the names of the months of the year to their Russian (international) names and the names of the days of the week to their traditiona [...]	2008-05-27 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT673	TURKMENISTAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION UNVEILS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, President Berdimuhamedov delivered a speech, then sat in on a televised constitutional commission meeting where some 10-12 proposals for revision were publicly unveiled for the first time since the pr [...]	2008-05-27 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT676	TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On May 27, OSCE's human dimension director, Benjamin Moreau reported that during his visit to Turkmenistan last week, the OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities Knut Vollebaek, made two proposals to the governmen [...]	2008-05-29 05:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT677	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV DAZED AND CONFUSED [...] (S) During the second half of their nearly two-hour meeting on May 28, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov asked all the participants in his meeting to step out so that he could brief SCA Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher on his May 9-10 visit to Baku and his talks with President Ilham Aliy [...]	2008-05-29 07:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT680	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV PLIES AND A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov told Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher: -- Turkmenistan is committed to funding and building two new power stations to provide electricity to Afghanistan, and strongly supports the Trans-Afghani [...]	2008-05-29 10:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET KEDM AF TX
08ASHGABAT681	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER TO BOUCHER: [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 28 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, Turkmenistan's Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov welcomed broader cooperation in the education sector, especially in exchange programs. He did not rule out [...]	2008-05-29 11:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EPET SCUL AF TX
08ASHGABAT683	TURKMENISTAN ANNOUNCES AMENDMENTS TO BUSINESS [...] (U) Official Russian-language government newspaper, "Neytralniy Turkmenistan," published on May 12 amendments to the "Law on Licensing Businesses," originally published on June 14, 1999. Several days later, an article entitled "Your license" explained that substantive changes were made to Ar [...]	2008-05-29 11:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT684	TURKMENISTAN: TAKING ITS TIME TO OPEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Turkmenistan up to now has pursued a policy of banning foreign companies from its gas fields onshore (foreign companies are working the Caspian oilfields),Turkmenistan may be reconsidering this policy. At the heart of this new thinking is a need to [...]	2008-05-29 12:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT685	TURKMENISTAN: UNODC HOSTS QUARTERLY LAW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The local UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized a Law Enforcement Donors Coordination meeting on May 22, where representatives from several Western embassies and international organizations met to discuss [...]	2008-05-29 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT688	TURKMENISTAN: BOUCHER MEETS OFFICIALS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 28, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher had separate meetings focusing on Democracy/Human Rights and Education. In the meeting with the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, Institute Director Shirin [...]	2008-05-29 13:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT690	JUNE 16-18 TIFA MEETINGS - DRAFT AGENDA DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 04:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EFIN ETRD TI TX
08ASHGABAT692	FOLLOW-UP TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] Per reftel request, the Embassy on April 30, 2008 conveyed to Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs a diplomatic note regarding USTDA's plan to organize a follow-up conference in September 2008 in Baku, Azerbaijan to the April 2007 Central and South Asia Regional Telecommunications Policy [...]	2008-05-30 10:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EINT ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT694	EXPERTS DOUBT NIYAZOV'S GRAND "TURKMEN LAKE" PROJECT WILL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's plan to construct a man-made lake in the desert to collect agricultural run-off water, initiated under former President Niyazov, is both ambitious and controversial. It has triggered fears of long-t [...]	2008-05-30 11:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON SENV TX
08ASHGABAT695	TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBON SECTOR: THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Technocratic and generalist participants in a U.S. Trade and Development Agency-sponsored study visit for officials from Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon sector offered different explanations for why Turkmenistan's oil company is facing declining production. The technocrats -- enginee [...]	2008-05-30 12:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT696	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 12:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC TX
08ASHGABAT697	TURKMENISTAN'S PETROLEUM LAW UNDER REVISION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon agencies are working on changes to the country's Petroleum Law. One set of changes would seek to address major complaints by subcontractors in the hydrocarbon sector, exempting them from paying value-added and many other taxes, and making it easier fo [...]	2008-05-30 13:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT699	TURKMENISTAN BANK COUNCIL APPROVES NEXT STEPS TOWARD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24, Turkmenistan's Council of Bank Directors met to discuss the banking sector's transition to International Financial Reporting Standards. Representatives of leading banks in Turkmenistan, including those [...]	2008-06-02 13:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
08ASHGABAT7	TURKMENISTAN PLAYING HARDBALL WITH IRAN OVER GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Now that Turkmenistan has reached agreement with the China National Petroleum Company and Gazprom on new prices for its natural gas, Turkmenistan has turned its focus to Iran, to which it sells approximately 8 billion cubic m [...]	2008-01-03 11:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT700	TURKMEN PRESIDENT SAYS THE COUNTRY WILL "CONTINUE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's president spoke about reform, democracy, and human rights as he laid the first stone for a monument in Ashgabat's southern Berzengi neighborhood dedicated to the country's constitution, now undergoing revision. He spoke at length of Turkmenistan's "continued" [...]	2008-06-02 14:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT704	TURKMENISTAN: PLANS FOR EDUCATION REFORM SEEK TO END [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: If all goes according to plan, the 2008 school year should look a lot different than the start of the 2007 school year. Former President Niyazov's "book of the soul," the "Ruhnama," will no longer be taught in scho [...]	2008-06-03 08:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT705	IAEA/IRAN: LATEST IAEA REPORT DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 09:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA TX
08ASHGABAT707	TURKMENISTAN: SENATOR LUGAR'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 11:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT710	TURKMENISTAN: SUPREME COUNCIL APPROVES INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 26, Turkmenistan's Supreme Council on Science and Technology formally approved a proposal from the International Research and Exchanges Board to develop the use of technology for education, science, and rese [...]	2008-06-03 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
08ASHGABAT711	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: ENCOURAGING [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 12:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP TX
08ASHGABAT712	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF NAVCENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows Assist [...]	2008-06-04 04:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SCUL SNAR SOCI KDEM
08ASHGABAT718	TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL AND STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Boucher's May 27-30 visit to Turkmenistan received wide media coverage. International media gave positive coverage to Boucher's statements on both economic and human rights issues. State media focused on his remarks of economic progress and U.S. assistance to [...]	2008-06-05 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT722	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER OPEN-MINDED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a nearly two-hour meeting on June 4 with U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray, Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov: -- praised U.S.-Turkmenistan energy cooperation; -- expressed cautious interest in an idea that could by-pass the cur [...]	2008-06-06 08:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT726	TURKMENISTAN: RADIO LIBERTY REPORTERS FACING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four RFE/RL reporters are attempting to travel out of Turkmenistan for training and meetings. One of the reporters was already prevented from leaving for training on April 24, but all believe they might be barred from traveling between now and June 15. Post delivered points to [...]	2008-06-06 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT727	TURKMENISTAN: NEGOTIATIONS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: High-level representatives from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India met in Ashgabat in late May to resolve some issues that continue to stand in the way of more substantive negotiations on the envisa [...]	2008-06-06 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET ECON ETRD IN PK AF TX
08ASHGABAT728	TURKMENISTAN: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] (U) a. Claimant A b. 2004: c. Claimant A concluded a contract on purchasing 3,000 tons of K-354 type carbon black at a price of $320.00 per ton with the State Concern "Turkmen Fertilizers and Chemistry" in November 2004. During 2005, the selling organization failed to deliver t [...]	2008-06-06 15:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BTIO ENRG EINV CASC OPIC TX
08ASHGABAT732	TURKMENISTAN: EBRD DIRECTOR DETAILS MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 4 lunch with visiting European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Central Asia Director, Masaru Honma, and new EBRD Resident Representative, Neil McKain, told USAID that as a result of a recent bre [...]	2008-06-09 06:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AMGT ECON EFIN EAID TX
08ASHGABAT734	TURKMENISTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY HEARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tagiyev and Hydrocarbon State Agency Director Muradov told U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray on June 5 Turkmenistan welcomes investment by U.S. companies and promotes multiple export routes, including Westward across [...]	2008-06-09 07:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT735	TURKMENISTAN: PRICEY WHITE MARBLE SUMMER CAMP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, President Berdimuhamedov opened the Nebitchi children's summer camp, a high-class resort for kids located outside of Ashgabat. The state-of-the art white marble facilities, fun activities, and amusement [...]	2008-06-09 10:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT736	TURKMENISTAN: TURKMENTELEKOM RESUMES PRIVATE INTERNET [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: International press reports and local users indicate that Turkmentelekom is expanding private Internet services by up to twenty homes daily. This is the first time since 2002, when Turkmentelekom froze all new private [...]	2008-06-09 11:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ANET KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT737	TURKMENISTAN: GLOBAL ENERGY CAPITAL SEEKS [...] (C) During a meeting on June 6, Global Energy Capital's AmCit managing partners told Charge that their company, which focuses on providing direct equity for direct investment in frontier and emerging energy markets, is looking at investing in Turkmenistan. The two, visiting Ashgabat to attend [...]	2008-06-09 12:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT739	TURKMENISTAN: ELITE APARTMENTS - II [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkmenistan is acknowledging the emerging problem of skyrocketing real estate prices. New elite apartments that have yet to be built are now selling for 2.4 - 3.2 billion manats (the equivalent o [...]	2008-06-10 09:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KCOR TX
08ASHGABAT740	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL INCHING FORWARD [...] (C) ExxonMobil's Caspian Manager Rob YOung (please protect) told the Charge June 6 that his company is still hoping to get a contract to work in Turkmenistan's onshore gas fields, but has not yet submitted a bid. ExxonMobil wants to get a better sense of what the Government of Turkmenistan w [...]	2008-06-10 10:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT741	TURKMENISTAN: MARATHON CLOSE TO SIGNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Marathon International Petroleum Limited is very close to signing a confidentiality agreement that would allow it to carry out a definitional study for a project that would, if allowed to go forward, involve construction of an onshore gas extraction rig, a gas processing facility [...]	2008-06-10 10:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT742	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET OPERATIVES [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 02:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC
08ASHGABAT743	TURKMENISTAN: MIROSLAV JENCA ARRIVES TO HEAD UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Secretary General's Special Representative Ambassador Miroslav Jenca arrived June 9 in Ashgabat to head the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia. He describes his role as "diplomat" rather than "project officer." In their initial meeting, Foreign Min [...]	2008-06-11 08:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN TX
08ASHGABAT744	TURKMENISTAN'S OIL EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE: A LESS THAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY. (SBU) On June 6-7, the Government of Turkmenistan held the Exploration of Oil Fields, Oil Production, Refining, and Petrochemicals Exhibition and International Conference. This was the second of three separate events Tu [...]	2008-06-11 09:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT745	TURKMENISTAN: TREASURY DELEGATION ENCOUNTERS A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of four U.S. Department of the Treasury assistance advisors representing public finance and management, economic policy, and banking visited Ashgabat June 2-6 to evaluate possible areas of technical cooperation with Turkmenistan. The delegation met with various governm [...]	2008-06-11 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT746	TURKMENISTAN: DELIVERY OF RESPONSE TO MSG SPE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 12:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC TX
08ASHGABAT748	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV FOLLOWS HIS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the June 6 CIS Summit in St. Petersburg, President Berdimuhamedov reaffirmed Turkmenistan's neutrality and held bilateral meetings. While expressing support for the relatively new goal of expanding economic ties among the CIS states, he again reminded attendees and observer [...]	2008-06-12 06:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV KCIS RS UP TX
08ASHGABAT75	TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: NOW THE IRANIANS ARE BLAMING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) As Turkmenistan's gas pipelines to Iran remain shut off for the second week, both sides have dug in their heels in the natural gas war that began just after the new year. However, Iran continues to rachet up the stakes. Acco [...]	2008-01-15 11:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT751	TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 06:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QA TX
08ASHGABAT754	TURKMENISTAN REGISTERS FIRST NGO SINCE 2005 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 3, 2008, Turkmenistan's Ministry of Justice registered the Ak-Bugday Gardeners' Association as a public association. Post believes this is the first non-governmental organization (NGO) registered by the Min [...]	2008-06-13 09:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT757	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 11:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP TX
08ASHGABAT758	TURKMENISTAN OFFERS NAVCENT COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Mammetgeldiyev told NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Cosgriff on June 12: -- Turkmenistan is keenly aware of the Afghan narcotics problem and offers the United States full cooperation; -- precursor chemicals for heroin processing need closer attention; - [...]	2008-06-13 11:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL PARM MARR SNAR KCRM IR AF TX
08ASHGABAT76	TURKMENISTAN: NO MORE SUBSIDIZED GASOLINE? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the president's first cabinet meeting this year on January 11, the Government decided to establish a quota-based fuel-distribution mechanism. Under this plan, Turkmenistan nationals will be given a certain [...]	2008-01-15 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG EPET TX
08ASHGABAT762	TURKMENISTAN: LUKOIL PARTNERSHIP BECOMES A DRAG [...] (S) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips, bidding with its partner Lukoil on production sharing agreements (PSAs) for Turkmenistan's offshore Blocks 19, 20 and 21, is very close to resolving all outstanding issues in its negotiations with the Government of Turkmenistan and has even accepted a non-standa [...]	2008-06-16 12:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET RU TX
08ASHGABAT763	TURKMENISTAN: STRIKE CONFIRMED AT BURREN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deutsche Welle reported June 10 that there had been a violent demonstration by up to 600 workers at the field just south of Balkanabat (formerly Nebitdag) whose production sharing agreement Italian oil company Eni had purchased in November 2007 from Burren Energy. According to [...]	2008-06-16 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT765	TURKMENISTAN: ICITAP TRAINING SUCCESSFUL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A June 2-13 Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) course for Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) investigators and forensic experts went very well, with another crop of very motivated and hard-working Turkmen investigato [...]	2008-06-16 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR KCRM TX
08ASHGABAT77	CENTRAL ASIAN NORTH-SOUTH RAILWAY LINE: A LOT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. GREAT HOPES RESTING ON NORTH-SOUTH LINE 2. (SBU) Head of the Ministry of Railway Transportation International Affairs Department Annamurat Horantsanliyev met january 7 with EconOff to discuss the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran Nort [...]	2008-01-15 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ELTN IR KZ TX
08ASHGABAT771	TURKMENISTAN: AUSTRIA'S OMV JUMPS INTO THE ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 17 meeting, Austrian oil company OMV's Country Manager for the Caspian Region, Wolfgang Sporrer, told the Charge that his company will propose two separate gas deals to Turkmenistan: a simple gas-at-the-border purchase (OMV is willing to build the pipeline to tra [...]	2008-06-17 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET AJ RU AU TX
08ASHGABAT772	THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN DELIVERED TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 12:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM IR TX
08ASHGABAT778	TURKMENISTAN: HUNGARY'S NABUCCO AMBASSADOR MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungary's new Ambassador-at-Large for the Nabucco Pipeline Project, Mihaly Bayer, told the Charge June 18 that, though Nabucco has "full European Union (EU) backing," less-than-united support from individual capitals and a multiplicity of interests at play in Brussels are slowin [...]	2008-06-19 10:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET EU HU TX
08ASHGABAT779	TURKMENISTAN WORLD BANK OFFICIAL MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 18 meeting, The World Bank's de facto Turkmenistan office head made recommendations of interlocutors and potential project areas for the Enforcement Team from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance, including in assisting ministries to [...]	2008-06-19 10:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT780	TURKMENISTAN: RELATIVE OF OVERSEAS OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Allowed to depart Turkmenistan for heart surgery in Moscow in May 2007, Ovez Annayev, brother-in-law of exile opposition leader and former Central Bank Chairman Khudaiberdy Orazov, is not being allowed to return to Moscow following a short trip home earlier this month to see his [...]	2008-06-19 12:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT781	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER PINR UNSC BA QA TX
08ASHGABAT783	TURKMENISTAN: CUSTOMS CHIEF FIRED AMID REPORTS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following briefings from senior officials of military and law enforcement agencies, President Berdimuhamedov fired Turkmenistan's Chief of the State Customs Service and reshuffled State Customs Service and State Immigration Service personnel during a June 19, 2008, meeting of [...]	2008-06-20 10:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD KCRM TX
08ASHGABAT787	TURKMEN OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN USDA EXCHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Department of Agriculture Program Officer Amy Freitas met on June 9-10 with representatives of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture, and Niyazov Agriculture University to discuss possible implementation of a U.S. Department of Agriculture-sponsored faculty exc [...]	2008-06-20 12:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAGR EAID SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT789	TURKMENISTAN: POST INPUT TO OSCE PRE-HDIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel request, post provides the following input for the pre-HDIM demarche to the Turkmen government: BEGIN DEMARCHE TEXT: 3. (SBU) The Government of the United Sta [...]	2008-06-23 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT79	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT USUALLY NOT IMPRISONING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Little solid information exists about the fates of former ministers and deputy ministers President Berdimuhamedov fired during his first year in office. The one official whose arrest (for corruption) Post was able to confirm -- former Minister of Railroads Orazberdy Hudayberdiy [...]	2008-01-16 07:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT793	TURKMENISTAN SENDS FIRST PARTICIPANT TO CDC'S FIELD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: After rejecting repeated invitations for participants since 2004, Turkmenistan sent its first-ever epidemiologist to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's (CDC) USAID-funded Field Epidemiology Training [...]	2008-06-25 08:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI CDC TX
08ASHGABAT794	TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYERS "WAIT AND SEE" TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Local employees for foreign companies and organizations working in Turkmenistan, most of who are paid in dollars, effectively lost 40% value of their salaries since Turkmenistan's government started unifying the dua [...]	2008-06-25 11:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AMGT APER ABUD TX
08ASHGABAT795	TURKMENISTAN: GIFTS TO NIYAZOV "RETURNED TO THE PEOPLE" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Ministry of Culture opened a special exhibition on "Great Reforms of the Revival Era" at the Presidential Museum in the Cultural Center complex on June 24, but, in fact, the exhibit has nothing directly to do with either Pre [...]	2008-06-26 02:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL TX
08ASHGABAT797	TURKMENISTAN: BROAD INTERNET ACCESS FINALLY BECOMING A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkmenistan's telecommunications sector has finally started to act on President Berdimuhamedov's call for "Internet access in every home, school, and kindergarten." Russian cellular telecommunica [...]	2008-06-26 11:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ECPS TX
08ASHGABAT798	TURKMENISTAN: DIPLOMATIC CORPS WITNESSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a public relations move, not coincidentally taking place during the visit to Turkmenistan of a European Union human rights delegation, the Government of Turkmenistan on June 25 invited members of the diplomati [...]	2008-06-26 12:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT80	TURKMENISTAN: APPOINTMENT OF NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the January 11 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, President Berdimuhamedov named Deputy Minister of Culture Gulmyrat Myradov the new Minister of Culture and TV/Radio Broadcasting. Myradov is a career civil serva [...]	2008-01-16 08:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SCUL KPAO OIIP TX
08ASHGABAT801	TURKMENISTAN: ENGAGE, ENGAGE, ENGAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the fundamentals of U.S. policy in Central Asia have remained consistent and on-target: to advocate political and economic reform as the keystone of America's strategic interests. After [...]	2008-06-27 04:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS CH TX
08ASHGABAT802	TURKMENISTAN: EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION ALLOWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 25, Turkmenistan's Parliament passed an adjusted State Budget for the 2008 financial year. The revision took place due to the appreciation of the manat against the U.S. dollar -- the currency of Turkmenistan [...]	2008-06-27 05:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON TX
08ASHGABAT803	TURKMENISTAN: WHY THINGS DON'T WORK WELL [...] (C) Charge met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs America's Director Serdar Bashimov the evening of June 26 after Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Mererdov once again abruptly cancelled a meeting on three urgent matters because, as very frequently happens, he was summoned to the Pr [...]	2008-06-27 06:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT807	TURKMENISTAN: SENIOR RFE/RL REPORTER CONFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reporter Halmurat Gylychdurdiyev has confirmed recent reports that a Turkmen contributor to the Azatlyk radio program has been arrested and tortured by the MNB. Sazak Durdymuradov, a school teacher for 35 years, focused his contributions [...]	2008-06-27 11:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT808	TURKMENISTAN: RFE/RL NEWS COLLECTION PRACTICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkmenistan-based RFE/RL reporter told Poloff on June 26 that a June 23 RFE/RL story that he was uncertain where the report that hundreds of families were being forcibly resettled -- possibly due to their ethnicity -- to frontier outposts in an effort to populate new territor [...]	2008-06-27 12:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT809	TERRORISM FINANCE: INFORMATION ON U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 12:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC UNSC TX
08ASHGABAT810	TURKMENISTAN: BROTHER CONFIRMS ARREST OF FORMER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) PolOff spoke on June 27 with Charygeldy Annaniyazov, the brother of Gulgeldy Annaniyazov, a former political activist who left the country in 2002 after serving almost five years in prison in Turkmenistan. Charygeldy co [...]	2008-06-30 08:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT811	TURKMENISTAN: CHARGE TO FM MEREDOV: RELEASE [...] (C) When Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov called him in June 30 on other business, Charge took the opportunity to raise the issue of detained Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty contributor Sazak Durdymuradov, and passed to the minister a copy of the Department's June 27 press statement. 2. (C [...]	2008-06-30 08:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT812	TURKMENISTAN: CABINET OF MINISTERS AGAIN PUSHES EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an extended meeting on June 23, the Cabinet of Ministers discussed, at length, education reform, including planned increases for matriculation into higher education and vocational schools and state support of [...]	2008-06-30 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT813	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 04:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN TX
08ASHGABAT814	TURKMENISTAN: RFE/RL REPORTER'S SON AT WITS' END [...] (C) Turkmenabat-based Turkmen Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reporter Osmanguly Halliyev and his son, Umid, told EmbOff during a June 30 meeting that Umid, who has been studying Arabic at the Institute of Foreign Languages, had just been expelled from the school. The Institute's ac [...]	2008-07-01 06:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL TX
08ASHGABAT817	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV ON AZERBAIJAN: [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a surprising display of pique and frustration, Berdimuhamedov let loose to the Charge against Azerbaijan's President Aliyev, implying that the brief standoff in April between Azeri border patrol boats and a Turkmen vessel in the mid-Caspian disputed Serdar/Kyapaz block (ref A [...]	2008-07-01 07:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT819	TURKMENISTAN: CURRENT STATE OF RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took office in February 2007, Turkmenistan's relations with Russia have been gradually expanding, especially the economic relationship. However, contrary to Russian press reports, the degree to which the Turkmen government has been ente [...]	2008-07-02 05:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EPET MARR RS TX
08ASHGABAT820	TURKMENISTAN: EMBASSY REJECTS MFA "CORRECTION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: In responding to the Embassy's demarche on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty contributor Sazak Durdymuradov, First Deputy Foreign Ministery Wepa Hajiyev characterized the case as an internal affair about student-teacher ethics and professional responsibilities. The Charge rejected [...]	2008-07-02 09:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT821	TURKMENISTAN'S STATE COUNTERNARCOTICS AGENCY ASKS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The chief of Turkmenistan's DEA-like State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS),Murad Islamov, said in a June 24 meeting that he is eager to accept technical assistance from the United States and that "we need a fo [...]	2008-07-02 10:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT822	TURKMENISTAN'S TELEPHONY SYSTEM APPEARS TO IMPROVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) For the first time since August 2006, Post has been able to complete successfully a monthly emergency telephone system test. This change indicates a basic improvement in Turkmenistan's international dialing capabilities an [...]	2008-07-02 10:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECPS TX
08ASHGABAT824	TURKMENISTAN: EU RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CASES OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: An EU delegation met for nine hours with Government of Turkmenistan officials on June 24, discussing steps the government could take to improve civil, religious, media, and other rights in the country. In the course of the meeting, the delegation also passed an EU-vetted list o [...]	2008-07-02 10:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EU TX
08ASHGABAT825	DEMARCHE CONVEYING INFORMATION FROM THE MEETING ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 06:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP KSTC TX
08ASHGABAT826	TURKMENISTAN: RFE/RL CONTRIBUTOR DURDYMURADOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 4, a half hour before he was to leave for the airport to greet Russian Federation President Dmitriy Medvedev, Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov urgently called in the Charge. Meredov conveyed the official position of his government that detained Radi [...]	2008-07-07 06:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT827	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES REJECT [...] (C) Local OSCE Human Dimension Officer Benjamin Moreau told PolOff June 25 that OSCE had recently held a meeting with Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Director Shirin Akhmedova and other government officials to discuss Turkmenistan,s view of the draft election law assessment that th [...]	2008-07-07 06:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT829	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING CHANGES TO [...] (C) British Petroleum (BP) is continuing its efforts to register a new office in Ashgabat -- although very slowly, the company's Country Manager for Turkmenistan told EmbOff during a July 3 meeting. For the time being, the country manager is continuing to commute between his home in Baku and [...]	2008-07-07 09:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX

08ASHGABAT830	TURKMENISTAN: GAZPROM CEO LEAVES ASHGABAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a last-minute effort to reach at least a general agreement with the Government of Turkmenistan on 2009 gas prices and volumes before Russian President Medvedev's July 4 visit, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller met with President Berdimuhamedov on July 1 -- but to no avail. Turkmenis [...]	2008-07-07 11:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET RS TX
08ASHGABAT848	TURKMENISTAN: MEMBER OF OLD INTELLIGENTSIA SITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The son of a man imprisoned in fall 2006 on corruption charges has approached the Embassy for advice on how to get his father freed. The son has told the Embassy that the corruption charges against the father, who tried to found a political party in Turkmenistan in 1991, were f [...]	2008-07-08 04:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT849	TURKMENISTAN: CHALIK ENERJI DELINQUENT ON [...] (C) Almost 18 months ago, Turkmenistan had a major blowout in its South Yoloten gas field in an exploratory drilling operation operated by Turkish company Chalik Enerji. After weeks of trying to handle the blowout, Chalik Enerji signed a contract on an emergency basis with U.S. company Cudd [...]	2008-07-08 06:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ECON TU TX
08ASHGABAT850	TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY'S MURADOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge paid a farewell call on Executive Director of the Hydrocarbon State Agnecy Bayrammurad Muradov on July 7. Muradov (almost) confirmed that Turkmenistan is seriously reconsidering its past hard-line policy of no Western energy majors working onshore other than in service-c [...]	2008-07-08 08:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET RS KZ AJ TX
08ASHGABAT851	TURKMENISTAN: DASHOGUZ FARMER EXPERIMENTS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a creative marketing approach, IPC Group has been placing free loaner agricultural equipment in farms managed by an influential farmer, Sadulla Rozmetov, in Dashoguz Province for the last 18 months. While working with private influencers like Rozmetov is good for business, [...]	2008-07-08 08:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAGR EAID SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT853	TURKMENISTAN: NEW UNION OF ENTREPRENEURS EMERGES [...] (C) In late March 2008, as part of a new initiative to promote small and medium enterprise development, President Berdimuhamedov announced that he was closing Turkmenistan's Union of Entrepreneurs and establishing a new Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists (reftel). At the time, most ob [...]	2008-07-08 11:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TX
08ASHGABAT855	TURKMENISTAN: UNODC'S CASPIAN SEA INITIATIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The First Caspian Sea Initiative meeting, held in Ashgabat on June 24-26, gave Caspian littoral states a good opportunity to discuss the counternarcotics challenges their countries face. While the attendance of a [...]	2008-07-09 10:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR IR TX
08ASHGABAT856	TURKMENISTAN: BTRP-CTR-GPP DISCUSS [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On 16-17 June, Turkmenistan,s Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Health and Medical Industry (MOHMI) received introductory presentations from a U.S./Canadian delegation on the Department of Defense,s Biologica [...]	2008-07-09 12:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS TX
08ASHGABAT861	TURKMENISTAN/RUSSIA: MEDVEDEV VISIT NUDGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev's July 4-5 visit to Ashgabat might have succeeded in modestly advancing the new president's personal relationship with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, but did not lead to any major breakthroughs. The two sides signed a seri [...]	2008-07-09 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET MARR RU TX
08ASHGABAT863	TURKMENISTAN: 2008 TIFA MEETING: FEEDBACK ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 04:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON TX
08ASHGABAT864	TURKMENISTAN: CONTRARY TO REPORTS, RELEASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 9 meeting with EmbOff, recently released RFE/RL contributor Sazak Durdymuradov appeared to be healthy and relaxed. Durdymuradov said that he had not been physcially or mentally tortured or mistreated in any way, but confirmed that doctors in the psychiatric facili [...]	2008-07-10 11:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT865	TURKMENISTAN: DRUG ADDICTS HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Families in Turkmenistan afffected by drug abuse struggle daily to help their family members deal with heroin addictions but receive little help from the government. Often, they are forced to choose between cutti [...]	2008-07-10 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT866	TURKMENISTAN: DASHOGUZ RELIGIOUS GROUP TWO STEPS [...] (C) Shokhrat Shirmedov, a leader of the Turkmen Baptist Church in Dashoguz, told EmbOff on July 10 that both the local provincial Council on Religious Affairs (CRA) office and the central CRA office in Ashgabat had informed him about two and a half months ago that they had approved the church' [...]	2008-07-10 12:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT869	TURKMENISTAN PASSES NEW LAW ON LICENSING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Less than two months after amending Turkmenistan's licensing law, President Berdimuhamedov on July 8 signed a newly redrafted licensing law. The new version of the law reduces the list of licensed activities and cl [...]	2008-07-11 05:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT871	TURKMENISTAN/HUNGARY: PM GYURCSANY PUSHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian ambassador Gyorgy Busztin, resident in Tehran, told Charge and DCM July 10 that Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's eight hours with President Berdimuhamedov on July 9 was dominated by a single issue: the Nabucco pipeline. While Busztin indicated that Berdimu [...]	2008-07-11 07:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET HU TX
08ASHGABAT872	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT STILL MAKES FARMERS GROW WHEAT, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Lack of precipitation this spring and shortage of irrigation water has led to lower crop yields. The government has not released any statistics on the harvest, but the overall production is expected to be lower tha [...]	2008-07-11 09:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON SENV SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT873	TURKMENISTAN: DESPITE PRESS REPORT, KOREANS NOT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Turkmenistan.ru website reported that South Korean Minister of Knowledge Economy, Lee Youn-ho, had told President Berdimuhamedov during a July 6 meeting in Astana that the Republic of Korea is setting up a special consort [...]	2008-07-11 10:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT879	TURKMENISTAN: SON OF A POSSIBLE HUMAN RIGHTS CASE [...] (C) Shanazar Shaberdiyev, who first approached an emboff several weeks ago looking for advice on how he might get his father -- imprisoned on corruption charges -- freed (reftel),told poloff on July 14 that, for a reasonably small bribe of 600,000-1,000,000 manat (about $40-$70),he could bri [...]	2008-07-14 10:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT880	TURKMENISTAN: UN CENTER FOR PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Center for Preventive Diplomacy, which opened in fall 2007, has started its work. Center officials have traveled to Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, meeting with high-level officials and getting thei [...]	2008-07-14 11:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MARR UN TX
08ASHGABAT881	TURKMENISTAN: NEW CUSTOMS CHAIRMAN SEES NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State Customs Service Chairman Yaylym Berdiyev expressed his gratitude for U.S. assistance and eagerly discussed with emboffs his ideas for future cooperation. His first priority is to review all training progra [...]	2008-07-14 11:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT884	TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: DETAIL FROM OIL COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The country manager for German oil company Wintershall told us that the early-April standoff between two Azeri border guard gunboats and an international oil company involved Petronas, in block I, rather than Buried Hill in block III, a block that contains a boundary under disput [...]	2008-07-14 12:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET MOPS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT885	TURKMENISTAN: OSCE TRAINING EXPOSES TURKMEN [...] (C) An OSCE-sponsored team made up of a prosecutor from the Republic of Georgia and a judge from the UK recently spent two weeks in Turkmenistan giving seminars on British jurisprudence. The British judge told emboff July 11 that they had held sessions in Turkmenbashy, Turkmenabat, Mary, and [...]	2008-07-14 13:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS TX
08ASHGABAT886	TURKMENISTAN: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a U.S. information technology expert who has been in Turkmenistan for about one year, the business environment has become more obstructionist. Over the past year, in order to clear deals between his company and Turkmen state agencies, he has encountered increasing [...]	2008-07-15 06:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT89	TURKMENISTAN: NEW ENERGY-SECTOR PROJECTS [...] (C) During his January 17 farewell call on the Charge before he moves to Abu Dhabi, Chalik Holding executive Aziz Chengel (please protect) discussed several of Turkmenistan's new projects in the energy sector. UAE COURTS, BUT ITERA SCORES 2. (C) Turkmenistan intends to build two new ure [...]	2008-01-17 11:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV ENRG TX
08ASHGABAT890	TURKMENISTAN: EBRD LIKELY TO EMPHASIZE INVESTMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Country Representative Neil McKain told emboffs that he expected new EBRD Head Thomas Mirow to emphasize investment in Central Asia as well as the Caucasus, Turkey, a [...]	2008-07-15 11:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT893	TURKMENISTAN: IT'S ALL IN THE (BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhamedov has a large extended family, with four children and five sisters. Like many of his counterparts elsewhere in the region, he apparently is pursuing a policy of favoring family members and relatives. Over the last year, he has appointed re [...]	2008-07-15 13:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT894	TURKMENISTAN: HYDROCARBON TOUR D'HORIZON WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 11 tour d'horizon meeting, German oil company Wintershall's country manager told emboff that Wintershall is beginning exploratory drilling the week of July 14 in the southern part of block 11. In an effort to promote rapid exploration of Block III, for which Canadi [...]	2008-07-15 13:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT896	TURKMENISTAN/AIR NAV FEES: DFM PROMISES TO SPEED [...] (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 [...]	2008-07-16 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS TX
08ASHGABAT897	TURKMENISTAN: USAID IMPLEMENTER'S VISA EXTENSION [...] (C) On July 15, Charge met with DFM Wepa Hajiyev to discuss the denial of a visa extension to the Chief of Party for the Aglinks project administered by Winrock International in Turkmenistan. Hajiyev said Turkmenistan is pleased with its cooperation with USAID and wants to provide the best c [...]	2008-07-16 12:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ECON TX
08ASHGABAT9	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN OF [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes the visit to Turkmenistan of Senator Richard G. Lugar, Ranking Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Your visit will advance our bilateral dialogue on energy issues, while rein [...]	2008-01-04 07:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EPET SCUL OREP TX
08ASHGABAT900	TURKMENISTAN: PLANS TO COOPERATE WITH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The USAID-funded Quality Learning Project (QLP) started in October 2007, with implementing partners Creative Associates International, Inc. and Abt Associates. The goal of the project is to improve student educati [...]	2008-07-17 07:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT901	TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 16 meeting with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia, Dan Stein, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hajiyev acknowledged that Turkmenistan must upgrade the knowledge of its petrochemical specialists. He also welcom [...]	2008-07-17 09:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID EPET TINT TX AZ
08ASHGABAT902	TURKMENISTAN: FAMILIES USE BRIBERY TO PROTECT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In Turkmenistan, military conscription is highly unpopular. Treatment of conscripts is often very poor, and parents fear for their children's well-being and resent the "wasted time" spent in service. Families us [...]	2008-07-17 10:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT903	TURKMENISTAN: PETRONAS NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION TO [...] (C) During a July 15 meeting, Malaysian petroleum firm Petronas general manager in Turkmenistan Mohammed Ridzan Mohammed Sharif told emboff that his company is now planning on producing only 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year in Turkmenistan's block I (Livanov). (NOTE: This stat [...]	2008-07-17 10:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT912	TURKMENISTAN: MEETING WITH CENTRAL BANK CONFIRMS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On July 08,2008, USAID/CAR Regional Mission Director Bill Frej met with the Chairman of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan, Guvanch Geoklenov, to announce USAID's plan to extend the Accounting/CIPA program in Turkmenistan f [...]	2008-07-17 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT913	TURKMENISTAN: INCREASE IN AIRFARES HAS LED TO IMPROVED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan Airlines (Turkmenistan Hawayollary),previously known for its ridiculously cheap airfares and chaotic, corrupt and inconvenient service, is taking a stab at professionalizing itself. Effective June 1, [...]	2008-07-18 11:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ELTN PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT915	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF COMMUNCIATIONS WELCOMES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 17 meeting with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia, Dan Stein, Minister of Communications Hojagurbanov acknowledged Turkmenistan's need to stren [...]	2008-07-18 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECPS EIND AJ TX
08ASHGABAT916	TURKMENISTAN: FORMER DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADER MAY [...] (C) The former First Secretary of the Democratic Party and Galkynysh (Revival) national movement, Onjyk Musayev, has been imprisoned, according to an FSN's relative who lives close to the village where Musayev's mother lives. Musayev, who resigned his job for health reasons during a June 22 [...]	2008-07-18 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT917	TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 16 meeting, the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov, told U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Manager for Europe and Eurasia Dan Stein that the State Agency was please [...]	2008-07-18 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT921	TURKMENISTAN: USTDA FINDS SUPREME COUNCIL ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 17 meeting with U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia Dan Stein, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology Akjeren Allanurova disc [...]	2008-07-21 05:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EIND TRGY TX
08ASHGABAT922	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-21 06:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN PARM IR TX
08ASHGABAT923	TURKMENISTAN: POST RESPONSE TO CUSTOMS CHAIRMAN [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting on May 12 at the Department of State (Ref. A),the former Chairman of Turkmenistan's State Customs Service raised some concerns regarding discrepancies in Department of Defense Counternarcotics support at [...]	2008-07-21 07:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS TX
08ASHGABAT925	TURKMENISTAN: DELUGE OF ACCURATE STATE MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the 46 day period between June 1 and July 16, 2008, there were no less than 27 stories - all favorable -- broadcast or printed in Turkmenistan's state news media on the U.S. Embassy, its visitors, or progra [...]	2008-07-21 12:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT926	TURKMENISTAN: OIL AND GAS MINISTER EAGER FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During meetings on July 16, Turkmenistan's Minister of Oil and Gas, Baymurat Hojamuhammedov, offered U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein and Department of Energy Director for Rus [...]	2008-07-21 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT927	GLOBAL INITIATIVE CONFERENCE ON LEGAL AND REGULATORY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 06:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TX
08ASHGABAT928	TURKMENISTAN: LIMITED EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Young people graduating from Turkmenistan's system of secondary education, as well as those who participated in exchanges, are often frustrated by too few opportunities for employment or advancement to higher educat [...]	2008-07-22 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI SCUL TX
08ASHGABAT93	SCENESETTER FOR CDR, USCENTCOM VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows the visits in mid-January of Senator Lugar to Ashgabat and of the Turkmenistani Defense Minister and Border Service Chief to NAVCENT HQ in Bahrain. This visit will help continue the ongoing, bilateral dialogue on security issues, while [...]	2008-01-18 03:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR EPET ECON TX
08ASHGABAT930	TURKMENISTAN: AGRICULTURAL FIXES FAIL TO RESOLVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As demonstrated by this year's poor wheat harvest, Turkmenistan's agricultural sector is facing a growing crisis. At fault is the sector's fundamental resistance to change. While the Soviet-era collective farms h [...]	2008-07-23 07:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT931	TURKMENISTAN: AGREEMENT REACHED WITH IRAN ON GAS [...] (C) Turkmenistan and Iran have reached an agreement on gas. According to Turkish Ambassador Huseyin Bichkali, who was informed by the Iranian ambassador, Turkmenistan and Iran have agreed that Iran will pay $175 per tcm for a five-year period. Bichkali said the accord was reached several we [...]	2008-07-23 08:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT933	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 21 extended cabinet meeting, held to review the government's work over the last six months, President Berdimuhamedov said the country's economic indicators are good enough to increase wages and pens [...]	2008-07-23 10:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EAGR TX
08ASHGABAT954	(S) TURKMENISTAN INFORMED OF FLIGHT OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 11:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC TX
08ASHGABAT955	TURKMENISTAN: ROMANIANS SAY BERDIMUHAMEDOV PROMISED TO CUT BACK GAS TO RUSSIA TO FILL NABUCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's July 16 trip to Romania appears to have been a success, yielding constructive agreements that will expand the political and economic bilateral relationship and Romania's assistance with development in the areas of education, water management, and investment. [...]	2008-07-24 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET TX RO
08ASHGABAT956	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 13:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT957	TURKMENISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16-18, 2008, the Joint Working Group of the Afghanistan Ministry of Energy and Water and the Turkmenistan Minister of Energy and Industry met in Ashgabat to discuss technical details of the construction o [...]	2008-07-24 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT958	TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: GAC MARINE OFFERS DETAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The country manager of GAC Marine, the company that was providing towing services for the rig intercepted by Azeri border guard vessels on April 11 told A/DCM on July 24 that the rig and vessels were at no time anywhere close to the median line that Azerbaijan claims at its bord [...]	2008-07-24 14:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT959	TURKMENISTAN'S BUSINESS ORGANIZATION LEADERS OFFER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the chairman of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists, Turkmenistan's president is serious about promoting entrepreneurism. To that end, the government has instituted financial incentives tha [...]	2008-07-24 14:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EIND ECON TX
08ASHGABAT96	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 03:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN TX
08ASHGABAT961	TURKMENISTAN: MORE DETAILS ON 2007-2008 FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Freedom of travel issues in Turkmenistan were the focus of a July 22 RFE/RL article that put post local employee Jennet Gylychdurdiyeva, who has a health condition that cannot be treated in Ashgabat, in the spotlight. Gylychdurdiyeva, the daughter of RFE/RL senior reporter Hal [...]	2008-07-25 07:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT963	TURKMENISTAN PUBLISHES DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 22, state media published the new draft constitution, now under consideration by the parliament. Post's initial examination of the draft seems to indicate that while a few minor tweaks and some rewording have taken place, the draft largely resembles the country's 1992 [...]	2008-07-25 13:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT964	TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: SUMMER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While commercial contacts between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan apparently have continued to expand, the two countries' budding political dialogue by all accounts has taken a nosedive. While not solely responsible for the cooling of efforts to find a political resolution of the [...]	2008-07-25 14:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT965	DELOITTE TAX LLP IN PROCESS OF REGISTERING IN [...] (C) U.S. Department of the Treasury officials Alan Robidoux, Regional Tax Administration Advisor, and William Remington, Associate Director for Tax Policy and Tax Administration, met with Ovez Agayev and Jennet Karlyeva of Deloitte Tax LLP on July 25. Agayev is a Muskie program alumnus and g [...]	2008-07-28 08:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT966	TURKMENISTAN: DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY SEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting tax specialists from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance were impressed with the organized operations of the Main State Tax Service and do not believe that the Service needs Treasury assistance at this time. To keep a foot in the door [...]	2008-07-28 08:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT97	2008 TURKMENISTAN BFIF PROPOSAL [...] Brief justification -- U.S. EmbassQshgabat would like to hold meetings with U.S. companies at the 2008 Gas and Oil Show in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, April 9-11, 2008. Many U.S. firms are showing interest in opening up offices in Turkmenistan, and attending the Atyrau Gas and Oil Show would give pos [...]	2008-01-18 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD BEXP TX
08ASHGABAT972	TURKMENISTAN VOWS NOT TO BLOCK HDIM AGENDA [...] (SBU) On July 28, MFA Americas Department Director Serdar Bashimov met with Charge to deliver Turkmenistan's reply to the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting demarche contained Ref. A. He made the following points: -- Turkmenistan appreciates the language noting positive developments in [...]	2008-07-28 12:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT973	TURKMENISTAN: BURIED HILL SAYS IT IS UNFAZED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian oil firm Buried Hill, which has a contract from the Government of Turkmenistan to develop hydrocarbons in the Serdar/Kyapaz field in block III, is moving forward very slowly in its plans. It concluded 2-D seismic imaging in February, and hopes to drill three explorator [...]	2008-07-28 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT975	MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN ENDORSE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 07:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP TX
08ASHGABAT976	MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN ENDORSE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 07:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP TX
08ASHGABAT978	INFORMATION ON DESIGNATION OF AL-QUAIDA-AFFILIATED TERROR [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 09:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL AG TX
08ASHGABAT98	TURKMENISTAN: WHY DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY SHOULD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to strong encouragement from the West and international financial institutions, the Government of Turkmenistan is finally beginning to pursue a much-needed course of economic and financial reform. Pre [...]	2008-01-18 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID EFIN EINV TX
08ASHGABAT981	TURKMENISTAN: AT FRONT END OF PREPARATION TO MEET [...] (U) SUMMARY: A U.S. Department of Treasury team focusing on assessing Turkmenistan's anti-money laundering law enforcement capacity met with relevant state financial, legal, and legislative entities, as well as two of the three foreign banks currently operating here. Turkmenistan's banks a [...]	2008-07-29 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT982	TURKMENISTAN: NATIONAL LIBRARY DIRECTOR WANTS REAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting with the new National Library director revealed new opportunities for deeper cooperation and engagement. While the Library falls under the normally cooperative Ministry of Culture, the new director's frankness and leadership style were a refreshing contrast to what we [...]	2008-07-30 07:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT984	TURKMENISTAN: BROKEN WATER PUMP LEAVES [...] (C) Most of Balkan Province, including the Caspian port city of Turkmenbashy, has not had access to fresh water for at least a week, according to the country manager of Wintershall, Cal Sandhu (strictly protect). Sandhu claims that the explanation he has received is that a pump on the main l [...]	2008-07-30 11:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT99	TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On January 16, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a positive reply to USAID's October 29 proposal for cooperation with the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. Areas for cooperation included information e [...]	2008-01-18 12:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT993	TURKMENISTAN: FOUR JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ADHERENTS [...] (C) Senior Jehovah's Witness representative Andrei Zhbanov confirmed to poloff July 30 that a police raid on the apartment of a Jehovah's Witness adherent in Balkanabat had taken place on May 6. As also reported in a press release issued by the religious organization's headquarters in New Y [...]	2008-07-30 13:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT994	TURKMENISTAN: MOTHER OF FORMER AMERICAS DESK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy was recently approached by a woman claiming to be the mother of a former MFA Americas desk officer who was arrested by Turkmen authorities in 2005 for engaging in espionage on behalf of Russia. The woman requested assistance in passing a letter, in which her son cla [...]	2008-07-31 08:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT995	TURKMENISTAN: DETERMINING CULTURAL HISTORY IN A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Cultural identity is illusive in Turkmenistan, due in large part both to Soviet Russification efforts and the inability of Niyazov's Ruhnama to provide a believable and cohesive history. President Berdimuhammedov [...]	2008-07-31 08:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI SCUL TX
08ASHGABAT996	TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY HEAD TELLS CHEVRON IT [...] (C) During a brief July 31 meeting, Chevron's AMCIT country manager told emboff that he had a very positive July 30 meeting with the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov. This was the second meeting between the [...]	2008-07-31 12:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT997	TURKMENISTAN: GAZPROM REACHES AGREEMENT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite much hype in the Russian media that Gazprom has locked in its monopoly on Turkmenistan's gas, it appears that, during a July 25 visit to Turkmenistan, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller reportedly reached agreement only on a pricing formula for Turkmenistan's natural gas exports i [...]	2008-07-31 12:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET RU CH TX
09ASHGABAT1	QUESTIONS ON TURKMENISTAN'S PLANS TO PURSUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-05 06:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO
09ASHGABAT100	TURKMENISTAN: BURNISHING BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S REGIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A December 2008 article written by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attributed the positive outcome of the October 2008 Bishkek Summit to President Berdimuhamedov's initiative and resourcefulness and portrayed Turk [...]	2009-01-22 05:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ECON PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1000	TURKMENISTAN: INTRODUCING BAIL SYSTEM AS [...] (C) On August 6, poloff met with the OSCE Ashgabat Center's Human Dimension Officer Begona Pineiro Costas for a readout on a series of recent seminars on human rights standards in the field of criminal justice. The seminars, which took place consecutively in the four outlying provincial capit [...]	2009-08-07 11:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1006	TURKMENISTAN: USAID SEMINAR ON LOCAL GOVERNANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 5-6, 25 Turkmen parliamentarians, local government leaders and other officials participated in a USAID sponsored seminar on local governance. The Turkmen parliament is currently considering reforms to t [...]	2009-08-10 11:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT1007	TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSES HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with Charge, Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hajiyev provided his commentary on the Turkmenistan section of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. While acknowledging that more needs to done to fight TIP, he took issue with the report's failure to recognize the [...]	2009-08-10 12:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIP PHUM SOCI SCUL TX
09ASHGABAT1008	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. FIRMS DOMINATE COMMERCIAL AIR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. companies have supplied almost all the commercial air conditioning systems (central air conditioning systems, not single-household units) for new, foreign-built government, commercial, and residential build [...]	2009-08-10 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1009	TURKMENISTAN: IGNORING WATER MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a Turkmen government water specialist, for the past seven years, Ministry of Water Management resources have been devoted to the Turkmen Lake project (reftel). The Karakum Canal, the country's water lifeline, has suffered from the resulting neglect. Water conserva [...]	2009-08-11 04:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1010	TURKMENISTAN: INL-FUNDED EQUIPMENT PRESENTED TO COUNTER [...] SUMMARY: On August 6, the Charge presented two light vehicles and twenty drug identification kits to the State Counter Narcotics Service of Turkmenistan. The donation was part of the ongoing INL counternarcotics project. SCNS officials praised our bilateral cooperation and expressed gratitu [...]	2009-08-11 06:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM SOCI SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT1015	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UNODC AS OFFICIAL GICNT [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-12 11:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC TX
09ASHGABAT1016	TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL ENVIRONMENTALIST REMAINS [...] (C) On August 11, Political Officer met with local environmentalist and social activist Andrey Zatoka to discuss his current situation and activities. Zatoka, who lives in Dashoguz, was in Ashgabat for a few days to assist at a training-for-trainers seminar organized by unregistered NGO "Civi [...]	2009-08-12 12:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1017	TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES OF UN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 11, Fedor Klimtchouk, the Deputy Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA),briefed poloff on the Center's priorities, recent activities and plans for upcoming action. The Center has four priorities: fighting transborder crime, i [...]	2009-08-12 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UN ENRG ZK AF TX
09ASHGABAT1018	TURKMENISTAN: COMMANDER ARRESTED FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A commander of a military Unit in Tejen Etrap (District) was reportedly arrested last week for drug smuggling. While the Defense Ministry was embarrassed by the case, officers from the same military unit commen [...]	2009-08-13 03:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT102	STRAIGHT TALK BETWEEN TURKMENISTAN'S STATE [...] (SBU) Chairman of the State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS),Col. Murat Islamov, told UN Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC) Project Coordinator, Ercan Saka, at an Imamnazar Border Crossing Checkpoint Project Steering Committee meeting on January 15 that Turkmenistan is not a narcotics smuggling [...]	2009-01-22 08:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX AORC
09ASHGABAT1023	TURKMEN WINES WON INTERNATIONAL PRIZES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's state-owned wine industry dates back to the 1920s. It produces predominantly a sweet red wine, most of which is exported to Russia. The government's news agency reported recently that Turkme [...]	2009-08-13 12:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1024	TURKMENISTAN: ONE GROUP'S GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO [...] (C) On August 11, Political Officer attended a training-for-trainers seminar organized by Natalya Shabunts and her NGO, "Civic Dignity." The two-day seminar, which was conducted in the living room of Shabunts' apartment located in a Soviet-era highrise, was led by Shabunts and involved eight [...]	2009-08-13 12:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1025	TNK-BP WAITING AND HOPING IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian-British co-owned TNK-BP remains one of a handful of foreign oil and gas companies attempting to break into the well-guarded Turkmen hydrocarbon sector with little success to date. TNK-BP's Program Director for Turkmenistan Oleg Lonovenko attributed TNK-BP's current lack [...]	2009-08-13 12:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV PBTS AZ TX
09ASHGABAT1026	TURKMENISTAN: REQUEST FOR RADIOS AND EQUIPMENT [...] DoD has an increased need for overflight of Turkmenistan in order to maintain the increased operational tempo in Afghanistan. The Government of Turkmenistan has informed State officials, that they cannot support US requests for increased overflight without an upgrade to their air traffic cont [...]	2009-08-14 09:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS TX
09ASHGABAT1029	WINTERSHALL REPORTS SLOW MOVEMENT BY TURKMEN FOR [...] (C) German energy company Wintershall's general manager, Kal Sandhu, updated Economic Officer on his company's prospects August 12. Sandhu stated that Wintershall is winding down a PSA signed in 2002 after drilling two dry holes in block 12 of the Caspian (reftel),and has made slow progress [...]	2009-08-14 13:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV PBTS AZ TX
09ASHGABAT1030	TURKMENISTAN: POST NONCONCURRENCE ON UPDATE OF [...] This is post's response to Ref A request for input regarding the inclusion of Turkmenistan on the Executive Order 13126 list of goods produced by child labor. Ref B provided post's findings on the issue of the use of child labor during the cotton harvest, which were compiled during the proce [...]	2009-08-14 13:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1031	TURKMENISTAN : PRESIDENT MIFFED AT UNAUTHORIZED CARWASH; [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the last weekend, a staff member of the Cabinet of Ministers made a working visit to the "Turkmenistan Airlines" National Civil Aviation Agency, whose activity he oversees in his Cabinet capacity. After [...]	2009-08-14 13:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1036	TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS OFFICERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 14, Post conducted training for officers of the State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS) on the use of recently donated narcotics field testing systems. The training included demonstrations of various [...]	2009-08-17 11:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1037	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (SBU) On August 14, Post received the Turkmenistan Foreign Ministry's response to reftel letter and non-paper proposing the establishment of regular bilateral policy consultations. In its response, "the Turkmen side consent(ed) to arranging the high-level consultations between Turkmenistan a [...]	2009-08-18 05:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TX

09ASHGABAT1043	TURKMENISTAN'S AGENDA FOR THE 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, Post received a circular diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan containing an explanation of the Turkmenistan Government's positions on issues to be considered during t [...]	2009-08-18 09:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR PARM SENV UNGA UNHCR FAO TX
09ASHGABAT1044	IMPLICATIONS OF AFGHAN ELECTIONS FOR TURKMENISTAN [...] (S) On August 18, Post delivered reftel points on U.S. concerns regarding post-election instability in Afghanistan to the Turkmenistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post will report any substantive response septel. 2. (S) The strategic interest of the Turkmen Government in Afghanistan is th [...]	2009-08-18 11:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF TX
09ASHGABAT1045	AN IRANIAN UNESCO REPRESENTATIVE'S VIEW FROM THE [...] (C) On August 13, Public Affairs Officer hosted UNESCO Educational Program Officer, G. Reza Samarbakhsh for a discussion of joint programming opportunities. Samarbakhsh, an Iranian citizen, works out of the UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office, but has oversight of UNESCO educational programs in Afg [...]	2009-08-18 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX UNESCO
09ASHGABAT1046	TURKMENISTAN: PAKISTAN BANK UPBEAT ON TURKMEN [...] (C) On August 18, the new director of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) branch in Ashgabat, Jamal Malik, met with Economic Officer to discuss business in Turkmenistan. Malik became the Bank's new director after replacing long-time Embassy contact, Rizwan Khan, last week. Malik worked at NBP [...]	2009-08-18 12:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1047	TURKMENISTAN: INVITATION TO ATTEND PSI EXERCISE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 12:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP TX
09ASHGABAT1048	TURKMENISTAN: FOOD PRICES REMAIN HIGH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the government's attempts to reduce food prices, including short-lived price caps for meat, eggs and some other basic food staples, prices for basic food items have not changed since April and remained s [...]	2009-08-19 03:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1049	TURKMENISTAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO DENY EXIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOTX continues to create roadblocks for students traveling to Kyrgyzstan, including students of the American University in Central Asia (AUCA). The Minister of Education told parents and AUCA students on August 18 that the decision to not permit students to study in Turkmenis [...]	2009-08-19 11:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT1052	OVERVIEW OF TURKMEN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkmen Government recognizes that it has an interest in Afghan stability. It provides humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, primarily to areas with an ethnic Turkmen population. It also delivers electricity, free of charge or on concessionary terms, and is developing the [...]	2009-08-19 13:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF TX
09ASHGABAT1053	TURKMENISTAN: NEW ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WITH UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A six-year assistance framework agreement signed by the UN and the Turkmen government last week covers a broader range of areas for cooperation than the previous agreement, perhaps a further indication that the Turkmen Government is slowly opening up to the world. Although many [...]	2009-08-20 12:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID UN TX
09ASHGABAT1055	TURKMENISTAN STILL FLOUNDERING ON STURGEON FARM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmen Government is again casting about for a private company to build a sturgeon farm that would produce sturgeon and ultimately yield black caviar. The State Fisheries Committee announced a tender to this [...]	2009-08-21 05:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PBTS SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1056	TURKMENISTAN STILL FLOUNDERING ON STURGEON FARM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmen Government is again casting about for a private company to build a sturgeon farm that would produce sturgeon and ultimately yield black caviar. The State Fisheries Committee announced a tender to this [...]	2009-08-21 08:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PBTS SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1057	TURKMENISTAN: WILL "ADALAT" CONTINUE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On July 31, Ashgabat weekly "Adalat" (Justice) newspaper published an article by Jumamyrat Achylov, Judge of Azatlyk Etrap (district) Court, reporting that two Ashgabat residents, Meylis Durdyev and Nurberdi Bayramov, bot [...]	2009-08-21 09:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1058	VISIT OF GENERAL PETRAEUS TO TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 15, CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus visited Ashgabat for meetings with Turkmen government officials. The General met with the Minister of Defense, the Chief of the State Border Service, and the Deputy Chairman for Foreign Relations and Foreign Minister. Discussions [...]	2009-08-21 10:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1059	TURKMENISTAN: ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION EXHIBITION HELD [...] (SBU) On August 19, Economic Officer attended Turkmenistan's annual international exhibition devoted to the Turkmen construction sector. Deputy Chairman for Energy, Industry, Construction and Motor Transport, Deryageldi Orazov, opened the exhibition by reading a lengthy statement by President [...]	2009-08-21 10:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1060	TURKMENISTAN: JAPANESE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This week, officials from Japan's development agency made a trip to Turkmenistan for the first time in 10 years to discuss broadening cooperation. Their talks focused on a plan to modernize the port at Turkmenbashy, which would then become a point on the east-west transit corrid [...]	2009-08-21 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECIN ELTN EWWT JA TX
09ASHGABAT1061	TURKMENISTAN: FIRST INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT FORUM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Turkmen official media announced the First Annual International Investment Forum to be held October 15-17 in Ashgabat. The Turkmen Chamber of Commerce is organizing the forum with the support of the Cabinet of Ministe [...]	2009-08-21 12:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1065	TURKMENISTAN: WOMEN PASTORS "NEED NOT APPLY" AS [...] (C) On August 22, Politcal Officer met with Word of Life Church Pastor, Elena Stryukova, and church member, Anna Joratova, to discuss the church's attempts to become registered. There are currently three Word of Life/River of Life church groups in Turkmenistan located in Ashgabat, Turkmenbash [...]	2009-08-24 10:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1066	TURKMENISTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL NGO EDUCATES [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the past few years, an unregistered civic group in the town of Hazar, on the Caspian coast, has organized summer ecology camps for children from disadvantaged families. The group was unable to registe [...]	2009-08-24 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM SOCI SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1068	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT GLOSSES OVER RECENT IMF REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for Economy and Finance, Tuwakmammet Japarov, announced that the IMF Executive Council had approved a report on Turkmenistan, compiled by an IMF team of experts who visited Turkmenistan in April 2009. According to Japarov, the report [...]	2009-08-25 11:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1069	BERDIMUHAMEDOV AIMS TO BOOST TURKMEN AGRICULTURE BUT [...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18, President Berdimuhamedov made a working visit to the eastern province of Lebap. The President checked the status of the province's cotton-growing campaign by visiting two cotton farms and a [...]	2009-08-25 12:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TX
09ASHGABAT1070	AUCA STUDENTS AND PARENTS FACE INCREASED PRESSURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkmen authorities are ratcheting up pressure on the students of the American University in Central Asia (AUCA) and their parents. Several parents have either been fired or forced to resign after publicly questioning Ministry of Education (MOE) officials. Additionally, the [...]	2009-08-25 12:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT1071	TURKMENISTAN: CNPC ON SCHEDULE TO SHIP GAS TO CHINA [...] (U) Sensitive But unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) recently announced that its Amu Darya project had been connected to the Uzbek section of the Central Asia - China pipeline. CNPC added that the inter-border connectio [...]	2009-08-26 08:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1074	TURKMENISTAN RESPONDS TO LETTER FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Nor for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Hajiyev called in DCM on August 26 to discuss a letter Representative Joseph Pitts had sent to President Berdimuhamedov on the topic of religious freedom in Turkmenistan. Hajiyev said that w [...]	2009-08-26 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL TX
09ASHGABAT1075	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON "ACTIVELY WAITS" FOR ONSHORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 25 Economic Officer met with the head of Chevron's local office to discuss Chevron's current plans in Turkmenistan's natural gas sector. The Chevron rep reiterated Chevron's interest in a production agreement for onshore deposits, while acknowledging the GOTX's policy to [...]	2009-08-26 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1076	OSCE SPONSORED TIP SEMINAR FOR TURKMEN OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent OSCE-organized seminar on combating trafficking in persons (TIP),held in Ashgabat, brought together Turkmen officials and international experts for an overview of the TIP problem. Topics covered included the definition of TIP and the global scope of the problem, the r [...]	2009-08-27 10:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PGOV SCUL SOCI OSCE TX
09ASHGABAT1077	COCA-COLA REPS SEE GROWING OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] (C) Representatives from Coca-Cola met with Charge on August 26. CEO for Coca-Cola Ichecek (Beverage) in Istanbul and Irish citizen, Michael A. O'Neil, headed a group of businessmen with years of experience in Turkmenistan. O'Neil recounted his time as Coca-Cola head in Russia and Coca-Cola' [...]	2009-08-27 10:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1078	NEW TURKMEN EDUCATION LAW - CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive But unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Education Law of Turkmenistan, announced on August 19, 2009, represents incremental educational system reform, especially in the field of adult continuing education, private-public partnerships, internatio [...]	2009-08-27 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1079	TURKMENISTAN: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON BULGARIAN [...] (U) Action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Post has been working with the Department, ACCELS, American University in Central Asia (AUCA),and American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) to transfer the AUCA scholarship students, who have been blocked by the Turkmenistan government from stud [...]	2009-08-27 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1080	TURKMENISTAN: A STEP TOWARDS ESTABLISHING AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's parliament recently passed new laws on courts, the Procuracy, and a new Criminal Procedure Code, and the government plans further changes to the legal system in the near future. While most of the changes introduced in these laws focus on administrative procedure an [...]	2009-08-27 12:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT1083	TURKMENISTAN: NEW LAW FOR SMALL BUSINESSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 22, the Government of Turkmenistan officially published the Law on State Support for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) - the first law of this type adopted in Turkmenistan. The purpose of the law [...]	2009-08-31 09:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1084	TURKMENISTAN: CHRYSLER DISTRIBUTOR TRIES TO RE-ENTER SUV [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Chrysler's official distributor in Central Asia, Saitco, hopes to reenter the Turkmen automobile market. In 2002, Saitco sold about 100 Dodge SUVs on contract through IPC Motors to the Turkmen Government. Seven [...]	2009-08-31 09:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1087	EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. From 1 - 7 August the EXBS Office supported the Department of Energy (DOE) Second Line of Defense (SLD) Portal Monitor Installation Project with site visits for equipment acceptance at Turkmenabat/Farap, Turkmenbashy, Artyk, Watan [...]	2009-08-31 09:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG
09ASHGABAT1088	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION TO AUGUST POST EVENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: August saw media provide generally accurate and favorable coverage of U.S. Government-related events in Turkmenistan. Media accurately covered the CENTCOM delegation's August 15 visit to Turkmenistan, with most of [...]	2009-08-31 10:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT109	TURKMENISTAN: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON MEJLIS [...] Post has gathered biographic information so far, on 61 of the 125 deputies elected December 14, 2008 to the Mejlis (parliament). This cable presents the bios for those representing Ahal province districts. The parliament's opening session was on January 9 (Ref. A). 2. District 14 - Meyi [...]	2009-01-22 13:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT110	TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING TOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Resident Office Head, Neil McKain (please strictly protect),said that the head of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists is a "born entrepreneur" and that "he has the right instincts to help entrepreneurs" in Turkme [...]	2009-01-22 13:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV EAGR TX AORC
09ASHGABAT1104	TURKMENISTAN: RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE LIMITED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Ukraine and Turkmenistan no longer see eye-to-eye on political priorities, Ukrainian companies are still active in Turkmenistan, especially in the construction sector. However, restrictions on civic organizations have isolated expat Ukrainians and those who now come to [...]	2009-09-01 09:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD TX UP
09ASHGABAT1105	TURKMENISTAN: PROMISING RESHUFFLING IN STATE NEWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 31, President Berdimuhamedov appointed two promising professionals to head the key state media print outlet "Neytralniy Turkmensitan (NT)" and main state news agency "Turkmen Dowlet Habarlary (TDH)." Th [...]	2009-09-01 11:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1106	MINISTER OF EDUCATION UNHELPFUL ON STUDENTS EXIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 31, CDA Richard Miles met with Minister of Education, Gulshat Mammedova, to discuss the ongoing imbroglio with students attempting to study at the American University in Central Asia (AUCA). The Minister was unhelpful and stuck to the now tired excuses of trying to pr [...]	2009-09-01 13:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1107	HAVE A COKE AND A SMILE IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 1, Economic Officer visited the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Ashgabat at the recent invitation of the plant General Manager Kadir Uslu (reftel). Uslu asserted that despite Turkmenistan's intense bureaucracy, Coca-Cola's brand name and multinational approach to Turkme [...]	2009-09-01 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1108	TURKMENISTAN: SOME TRANSPARENCY IN DRAFTING A NEW [...] (SBU) The Government of Turkmenistan has been working with the British Embassy and the German development agency Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) for the last year and a half to rewrite Turkmenistan's Criminal Code. This effort is part of a range of legal reforms that the Turkm [...]	2009-09-01 13:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL PGOV KCRM TX
09ASHGABAT1109	HAZING PERSISTS IN THE TURKMEN ARMY [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Inherited from Soviet times, the practice of hazing still occurs widely in the Turkmen army. Recruits are usually hazed because of their ethnicity or tribal affiliation. As it can involve violations of human [...]	2009-09-02 07:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV MCAP KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT111	TURKMENISTAN: EBRD EXPLAINS WHAT IS WRONG WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Resident Office Head, Neil McKain (please strictly protect),explained barriers in the domestic lending industry, such as bureaucracy and loan terms that are unprofitable for banks and untenable for borrowers. By offering [...]	2009-01-23 07:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ECON EIND SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1110	TURKMEN GAS NOT TO REACH BULGARIA SOON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an August 27 meeting between Bulgarian President Dmitry Pyrvanov and Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Pyrvanov announced that Bulgaria is ready to import more than 2 bcm of Turkmen gas, and B [...]	2009-09-02 07:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1111	TURKMENISTAN: A WOULD-BE EDUCATION NGO FORCED TO OPERATE AS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 27, the Director of "Soltan Dag" Educational Center briefed Embassy Political Assistant on the activities and background of the organization. Soltan Dag provides foreign language and computer literac [...]	2009-09-02 07:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM SOCI SCUL TSPL TX
09ASHGABAT1113	TURKMENISTAN: NEW LAW ON PLANT QUARANTINE -- KEEPING THE [...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The new law on plant quarantine provides a legal framework for the implementation of plant quarantine and phytosanitary controls to protect the territory of Turkmenistan from pests, plant diseases and weeds. Th [...]	2009-09-02 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1116	UPDATE ON INTERNET ACCESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the first half of 2009, Internet access in Turkmenistan increased significantly, along with the number of Internet subscribers. Government-owned Turkmen Telecom remains the main provider of Internet service t [...]	2009-09-02 12:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT PGOV ECPS ECON SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1117	TURKMENISTAN: PETROCHINA TO TAKE OVER AMU DARYA PROJECT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets reported this week that PetroChina will acquire assets from the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC),PetroChina's parent company, including CNPC's share in the Amu Darya pro [...]	2009-09-02 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT112	TURKMENISTAN: EBRD REVIEWS ITS STRATEGY -- IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) office in Ashgabat is focusing on the question "how much reform is enough" to validate additional cooperation in Turkmenistan, in the context of a strategy evaluation exercise currently underway. If allowed, the reside [...]	2009-01-23 07:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EIND EPET TX AORC
09ASHGABAT1120	TURKMENISTAN: "MAYBE" ON STUDENT EXIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hajiyev met with the Charge on September 3 to offer a response to Assistant Secretary Blake's letter regarding recipients of USG scholarships, who have been blocked from leaving the country. Hajiyev explained this all came about because Turkmenistan w [...]	2009-09-03 12:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1121	TURKMENISTAN: COMMERCIAL EXPO REAFFIRMS TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 2, Economic Officer attended the opening of the Turkish National Export Exhibition in Ashgabat. The Turkish government sent State Minister for Trade and Industry Mehmet Zafer Caglayan to co-open the event with Turkmen officials. Almost 70 Turkish companies were pre [...]	2009-09-03 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TU TX
09ASHGABAT1122	TURKMEN-AFGHAN JOINT BORDER TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 21, Turkmen and Afghan customs officials completed joint training, facilitated by the OSCE, in Ashgabat and Atamurat (formerly Kerki),a town in southeast Turkmenistan. This was the first ever joint training for Turkmen and Afghan customs officers. The course was aime [...]	2009-09-03 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETTC PARM PREL PBTS OSCE AF TX
09ASHGABAT1123	TURKMENISTAN: CHEMICALS SHIPMENT SNAFU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A shipment of chemicals that arrived in February under the auspices of Post's INL- funded DOJ/ICITAP project with the Ministry of Interior (MVD) has finally reached its destination at the Interior Ministry's Cr [...]	2009-09-03 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1127	TURKMENISTAN MOD EXPRESSES INTEREST IN ATTENDING [...] On September 4, a Turkmenistan Ministry of Defense official contacted post to ask for further details about the invitation to participate at the upcoming US-UAE hosted PSI Exercise Leading Edge 2010. He posed questions about the number and appropriate rank for proposed participants, who woul [...]	2009-09-04 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP TX
09ASHGABAT1128	TURKMENISTAN: A DISCUSSION AT THE COUNCIL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to its deputy chairman, one of the primary roles of Turkmenistan's Council on Religious Affairs (CRA) is to explain legal requirements related to religious activity, especially the registration process. The revision of the current law on religion, adopted in 2003, is [...]	2009-09-04 12:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT113	TURKMENISTAN: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON MEJLIS [...] Post has gathered biographic information, so far on 61 of the 125 deputies elected December 14, 2008 to the Mejlis (parliament). This cable presents the bios for those representing Lebap province districts. The parliament's opening session was on January 9 (Ref. A). 2. District 70 - Kad [...]	2009-01-23 07:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT1130	TURKMENISTAN: UZBEKISTAN TRYING TO BROADEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uzbekistan is making every effort to expand its relations with Turkmenistan, both politically and commerically. They are looking for new opportunities for investment and trying to promote tourism to Uzbekistan. Despite their efforts, and the cultural ties between Uzbeks and Turkm [...]	2009-09-04 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TX UZ
09ASHGABAT1131	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UNGA 64 GOALS AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 13:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA TX
09ASHGABAT1135	TURKMEN GAS TO UKRAINE; FORWARD TO THE PAST? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A number of Turkmen media reports recently speculated that Ukrainian President Yushchenko will discuss the possibility of importing natural gas directly from Turkmenistan during his visit to the country scheduled f [...]	2009-09-08 09:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX UP
09ASHGABAT1138	TURKMENISTAN: KISS FROM A ROGUE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On September 6, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Ashgabat for his first visit to Turkmenistan, which has the world's fourth largest reserves of natural gas. The short (less than 24-hour) visit, included a welcoming [...]	2009-09-08 11:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EPET TX
09ASHGABAT114	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SACKS DEFENSE OFFICIALS; ANNOUNCES [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent session of the State Security Council, President Berdimuhamedov fired the Defense Minister and the heads of the border and migration services. He also reprimanded the Interior Minister. Their rep [...]	2009-01-23 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1140	TURKMENISTAN'S NEW LAW ON OZONE PROTECTION LACKS ENFORCER [...] (U) Sensitive, But Unclassified. Not For Internet Distribution. Â [...]	2009-09-08 12:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1142	TURKMENISTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS REPORTS SLOW PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ConocoPhillips representatives met with Charge on September 8 to discuss progress toward an offshore deal with the Turkmen. Company representatives indicated that ConocoPhillips was still very interested in developing blocks 19, 20, and 21 with the Turkmen, but had yet to receiv [...]	2009-09-09 10:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV ECON KZ TX
09ASHGABAT1143	TURKMENISTAN: UNODC EVALUATED IMAMNAZAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On September 4, UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Chief of Mission Ercan Saka hosted an evaluation meeting for its Strengthening Turkmen- Afghan Border project, particularly construction of Imamnazar border crossing che [...]	2009-09-09 12:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1145	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT WANTS NATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov announced plans to launch the country's first national satellite. The satellite would support telephone and Internet communications, hydrocarbon industries, and Turkmen T [...]	2009-09-09 12:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT EINV ECON PINR PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1146	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS ON STUDY ABROAD [...] (C) At the September 8 Tajik Independence Day reception, diplomats from other embassies commented that the Turkmen government had blocked Turkmen students from leaving Turkmenistan for studies in their countries. The German Charge d'Affaires noted that four of eight students that had been aw [...]	2009-09-09 13:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1147	TURKMENISTAN: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met September 10 with Kyrgyz Ambassador Ashyrov to discuss the issue of students denied exit to study abroad. This problem has affected those wishing to study in Kyrgyzstan more than any other group of students, because more Turkmen study in Kyrgyzstan than in any other si [...]	2009-09-10 13:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI SCUL EAIR TX
09ASHGABAT1148	TURKMENISTAN: KYRGYZ AMBASSADOR ON DENIAL OF EXIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met September 10 with Kyrgyz Ambassador Ashyrov to discuss the issue of students denied exit to study abroad. This problem has affected those wishing to study in Kyrgyzstan more than any other group of students, because more Turkmen study in Kyrgyzstan than in any other si [...]	2009-09-10 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI SCUL EAIR TX
09ASHGABAT1149	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON GOODS PRODUCED BY FORCED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 13:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT115	TURKMENISTAN: INTENSE PACE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008, President Berdimuhamedov approved more than $1 billion in new construction projects across the country. In the course of the year, foreign construction companies signed contracts for a massive Olympic villa [...]	2009-01-23 12:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ETRD PGOV LE TU TX
09ASHGABAT1152	TURKMENISTAN: AZERBAIJAN STRIVING TO IMPROVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an Azerbaijan embassy official, the relationship between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan is warming, but the Turkmen government is still cautious about embarking on joint projects. In addition, the Turkmen government continues to limit the activities of [...]	2009-09-11 08:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ECON AJ TX
09ASHGABAT1154	PROCESS FOR SELECTING TURKMEN HAJJ TRAVELERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) During an Embassy-hosted Iftar on September 10, Turkmenistan's Grand Mufti Rowshen Allaberdiyev explained to us the process for selecting the 188 government-funded Hajj travelers each year. He also asserted that, in addition t [...]	2009-09-11 10:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KIRF KISL TX
09ASHGABAT1155	TURKMENISTAN: OSCE CENTER READOUT ON ITS [...] (C) On September 9, OSCE Center in Ashgabat Political Officer and Acting Head of Center Anne Suotula gave Charge a readout on the Center's annual Statement to the OSCE Permanent Council, presented on September 3 in Vienna. According to Suotula, the statement highlighted new areas in the Cente [...]	2009-09-11 10:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OCSE TX
09ASHGABAT1158	TURKMENISTAN ACQUIRES TWO NEW OIL TANKERS. [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkmenistan received its second Russian-made oil tanker on September 8; the "Hazar" (Turkmen for "Caspian") was built in Krasnoye Sormovo (Novgorod),Russia. In August, the first tanker, the "Sumbar", named after [...]	2009-09-11 11:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EPET EINT EINV ECON PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1159	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON REP DISCUSSES MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chevron Representative in Ashgabat met with the Charge on September 11 to update her on Chevron's recent meeting with Turkmen Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov. The Chevron rep reiterated Chevron's plans to pursue a partnership with Turkmen state energy [...]	2009-09-11 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1160	TURKMENISTAN'S LEGISLATIVE REFORM -- GENUINE OR COSMETIC? [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan is in the process of reforming outdated Soviet-era laws, with the stated intention of supporting broader reforms in the country and bringing about compliance with international standards. President Berdi [...]	2009-09-11 13:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1161	TURKMEN PRESIDENT PARDONS 1,284 PRISONERS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the recent session of Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, on the occasion of holy "Gadyr Gijesi" (Night of Omnipotence) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a decree on the pardoning of prisoners. [...]	2009-09-11 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1162	IOM SEEKS TO BUILD NETWORK OF TURKMEN NGOS TO [...] (C) On September 11, poloff met with International Organization for Migration (IOM) Central Asia Chief of Mission Zlatko Zigic and Senior Program Assistant Tahyr Seidov to discuss the prospects for IOM activity in Turkmenistan. Zigic explained that IOM's recently introduced regional structure [...]	2009-09-14 08:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PGOV KTIP PHUM IOM TX
09ASHGABAT1168	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 12:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA TX
09ASHGABAT1169	TURKMEN AND RUSSIAN LEADERS TALK ENERGY--ITERA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkmen press reported that the September 13 meeting between Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov and Russian President Medvedev in Turkmenbashy cleared the way for renewed Turkmen-Russian economic relations; however, no new gas deal was signed. The EU Tacis-Rep in Ashgabat prov [...]	2009-09-14 13:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV ECON RS TX
09ASHGABAT117	SOUTH KOREAN COMPANIES LEARNING TO NAVIGATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Ashgabat-based South Korean diplomat shared some of his country's "lessons learned" about accessing the Turkmen market. While South Korea has made little progress in entering Turkmenistan's energy sector or construction industry, the signing of other lucrative deals in 2008 [...]	2009-01-26 02:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EPET EINV TU KS TX
09ASHGABAT1170	TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV BEING MARGINALIZED? [...] (S) SUMMARY: Changes in Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov's behavior and interactions with other members of the Cabinet of Ministers seem to indicate that he does not currently hold the first among equals position that he held even as late as early this year, and has been replaced as the "dean" o [...]	2009-09-14 13:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR TX
09ASHGABAT1175	TURKMENISTAN: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 10:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC TX
09ASHGABAT1176	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 12:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO AF TX
09ASHGABAT1177	IRAN PLANS TO TRANSIT 35 BCM OF TURKMEN GAS TO TURKEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Iranian media reported on September 12 that Ankara and Tehran agreed to transport Turkmen gas to Turkey. The media reports quoted an official of the National Iranian Oil Company as saying that the volume of Turkme [...]	2009-09-15 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV IR TU TX
09ASHGABAT1182	IRAN: WHERE TO GO FROM HERE? XXXXXXXXXXXX DIPLOMAT SHARES HIS PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX's advised in a recent conversation with Ashgabat Iran Watcher that the U.S. would be ill-advised to begin talks with Iran, that it would be great disappointment to Iranians who have found hope in President Obama's message of change. He called Iran's leadership "untrustwort [...]	2009-09-16 11:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL TX UNESCO
09ASHGABAT1183	TURKMENISTAN: RELATIONS WITH TURKEY STEADY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov visited the Turkish tourist area of Antalya in late August on an unofficial visit, getting a view of how the Turkish have developed their tourist industry through private investment and partnership with international tourist agencies. The Government of Tu [...]	2009-09-16 11:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET ETRD PREL TU TX
09ASHGABAT1184	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT THROWS PARTY FOR ENERGY SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 12 Economic Officer attended the Turkmen Oil and Gas Ministry's celebratory concert devoted to oil, gas, and electricity sector workers. The lavish event was held at the famous Ruhnama Park, named after former President Niyazov's epic "Ruhnama" which means "book of [...]	2009-09-16 12:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV ECON KS TX
09ASHGABAT1186	TURKMENISTAN: CHEMICALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Although information about environmental hazards is difficult to obtain in Turkmenistan, occasional reports indicate the existence, if not the scope, of such problems. In two separate cases, the uncontrolled [...]	2009-09-17 06:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1188	WILL BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S "NEW REVIVAL" PUSH [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Niyazov era was characterized by the official "Golden Age" ideology, whereby Niyazov promoted himself as the "Father of Turkmen Nation." His long deceased parents and brothers were recruited to become role models [...]	2009-09-17 10:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1189	TURKMEN, UKRAINIAN LEADERS FAIL TO REACH GAS DEAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko visited Turkmenistan September 14-16, participating in negotiations with Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov on September 15. As expected, the two Presidents did not reach agreement on r [...]	2009-09-17 11:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV UP TX
09ASHGABAT1193	TURKMENISTAN: ZEPPELIN'S CATERPILLAR DEALER [...] (C) On September 16, Economic Officer met with German-based Zeppelin's General Director Oleg Sarmin to discuss the construction machinery market in Turkmenistan, given the large number of construction projects underway in the country. Zeppelin is the only dealer in country authorized to sell [...]	2009-09-17 12:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EIND ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1194	IS RFE/RL LOSING ITS TURKMEN AUDIENCE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: RFE/RL journalists continue to work despite ongoing government harassment. An Ashgabat-based reporter thinks the Prague-based staff is under pressure from the Turkmen security service to moderate its reporting. As a result, the reporting has weakened, and RFE/RL is losing its [...]	2009-09-18 11:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL KDEM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1196	TURKMEN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE ATTRACTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 16, Turkmen government officials opened the third annual Turkmentel 2009 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Exhibition and Forum in Ashgabat. The Turkmen press touted the event as a large scale international forum initiated by Turkmen President Berdi [...]	2009-09-18 13:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ECPS EIND EINV TINT TX
09ASHGABAT1203	TURKMENISTAN: ENTREPRENEURSHIP ALIVE AND WELL IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mary province appears to contain a thriving small business sector, and many local residents have taken advantage of the post-Soviet era regulations allowing private ownership to build or make improvements to their homes and businesses. They are interested in studying business, ma [...]	2009-09-22 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1205	TURKMEN ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO SIBERIA? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) International press reported recently that Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stated that Turkmenistan is ready to supply electricity to Siberia to supplement electricity losses caused by the August 17 accident at [...]	2009-09-23 10:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1206	TURKMENISTAN: EBRD ASSERTS "HONEYMOON STAGE" WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Turkmenistan continues to seek out projects and proactive Turkmen business people who are willing to question Turkmen policies that hinder economic and commercial growth. Soviet-style government control over the coun [...]	2009-09-23 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND PGOV EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1207	TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA HAILS PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmen State Media painted a positive picture of the short September 21 meeting between Secretary of State Clinton and President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. State TV led their programs with the meeting and a gr [...]	2009-09-24 03:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1208	TURKMENISTAN: RELIGIOUS GROUP INELIGIBLE TO [...] (C) On September 20, poloff met with Turkmenbashi-based Pastor Timur Muradov of the unregistered Word of Life Church. He was in Ashgabat prior to heading off the next day to a church conference in Moscow. Muradov's group had submitted an application for registration to the Council on Religio [...]	2009-09-24 05:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1209	TURKMENISTAN: INL COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS EXTEND TO THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the invitation of Department's INL Bureau, Post hosted the visit of Travis Birney of DEA's International Training Division from 14-18 September. The visit was arranged to prepare for two one-week Basic Drug E [...]	2009-09-24 09:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1210	TURKMENISTAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNGA FOOD [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 09:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA TX

09ASHGABAT1214	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON U.S. IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 07:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA IMO UK TX
09ASHGABAT1215	TURKMENISTAN: VISIT OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT SEEN AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yushchenko's visit to Turkmenistan provided a forum for signing high level agreements and resolving some outstanding working-level problems between Ukraine and Turkmenistan. Yushchenko attended opening ceremonies for a Ukrainian-built railway bridge and a statue of a Uk [...]	2009-09-25 07:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TX UP
09ASHGABAT1216	NEW SUPPORT FOR TURKMEN OIL AND GAS INSTITUTE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmengaz, the state-owned Turkmen gas company, first established its Institute of Oil and Gas in the 1970s. Since that time, the Institute has served as a think tank for Turkmenistan's oil and gas industry. The Institut [...]	2009-09-25 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1217	GOLDEN ARCHES ON THE FAR HORIZON?:WHY THERE'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. To date, McDonald's does not have a franchise restaurant in Turkmenistan, nor in any of the five former Soviet republics in Central Asia. There is continued strong interest, among Turkmen business people and government officials alike, in opening a McDonald's in Ashgabat. The [...]	2009-09-25 11:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT122	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS USTDA REGIONAL DIRECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Director for Europe and Eurasia, Daniel Stein, visited Turkmenistan January 7-10. State media highlighted his visit and meetings at different GOTX ministries. The Turkmen St [...]	2009-01-26 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO ETRD ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1223	TURKMENISTAN: CENTRAL BANK CLAIMS REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkmen Central Bank seems to be caught between Presidential orders to increase banking reforms on the one end, while receiving almost contradictory directives to increase its control of the banking sector. Current banking laws on the books date back to 1993. New banking le [...]	2009-09-25 13:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EIND TX
09ASHGABAT1224	TURKMENISTAN: SCHLUMBERGER FACES PROBLEMS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: French-based petroleum service giant Schlumberger has been in Turkmenistan for ten years and does the majority of its work conducting training programs. They face many of the same issues that other foreign companies do, including worries over the safety and health of their employ [...]	2009-09-25 13:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1225	COUNTERFEIT TURKMEN CURRENCY DISCOVERED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Quantities of counterfeit Turkmen currency, the "manat," reportedly have been printed in the past few months and are circulating in the country. Warnings were distributed in government agencies to check the genui [...]	2009-09-28 07:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1226	EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. EXBS was forced to withdraw the contract from Turkemngasgeophysics (TGG) for support of the DOE/SLD project due to continued problems. The contract officer with TGG continuously placed roadblocks in the way of a successful contr [...]	2009-09-28 09:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG
09ASHGABAT1228	AUCA STUDENTS WAITING AND WORRYING IN TURKMENABAT [...] (C) On September 22, poloff met informally with six American University of Central Asia (AUCA) students during a drop-in visit to the American Corner in Turkmenabat, the capital of Lebap Province in eastern Turkmenistan. The students were recipients of scholarships from the Open Society Insti [...]	2009-09-28 09:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT1229	TURKMENISTAN: REF/RL JOURNALIST'S FAMILY [...] (C) On September 23, poloff met with RFE/RL journalist Osman Hallyev at his home about 15 miles outside of Turkmenabat in eastern Lebap Province. Hallyev said he had faced no new pressure from the authorities since March, the only incident occurring during a visit to Turkmenabat by President [...]	2009-09-28 09:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI PREF TX
09ASHGABAT123	TURKMENISTAN: INTERNEWS RECEIVES POSITIVE SIGNALS ON MEDIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings on January 22 with the Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) and Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting, USAID/Internews received renewed confirmation of these entities' desire for [...]	2009-01-26 12:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT1230	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON BUDGETARY TRANSPARENCY [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-28 11:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ECON PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1231	TURKMENISTAN: NATO-SPONSORED SEMINAR FIRST STEP IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO will hold a seminar on civil emergency planning methodology in Ashgabat, which is something of a breakthrough in its engagement with the Turkmen government. NATO's other Turkmen initiative, an assessment of a radioactive waster remediation project, is also queued up for impl [...]	2009-09-28 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO TX
09ASHGABAT1232	TURKMENISTAN'S MUFTI REPLACED; IMAMS RESHUFFLED [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On September 26, Turkmenistan's Mufti since 2004, Rowshen Allaberdiyev, was relieved of his positions as the nation's Mufti and as the Chief Imam of the largest mosque in Turkmenistan, following a resolution by the Coun [...]	2009-09-29 03:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1233	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON ENHANCED GICNT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 09:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC TX
09ASHGABAT124	TURKMENISTAN: INL-FUNDED ENGLISH CLASS BRINGS [...] Post's INL Officer (Poloff) dropped in for the latter portion of the INL-funded English Language Training (ELT) Center's thrice-weekly language course on January 23. A local EFL instructor teaches a group of 12 mid-level law enforcement officials from several Turkmen government ministries, i [...]	2009-01-26 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1243	TURKMENISTAN: NO PROGRESS ON CASPIAN LITTORAL PIPELINE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Turkmen government seems to have made little progress on the Caspian Littoral Pipeline project since President Berdimuhamedov's visit to Moscow in March. The pipeline project, also known as the Pre-Caspian Pipeline, is [...]	2009-09-29 12:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1244	TURKMENISTAN REFUSES INCOMING GROUP OF PEACE CORPS [...] (C) Post received a diplomatic note September 29, stating that the incoming group of 50 new Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) should arrive fall 2010 rather than October 2, as had been planned. Earlier the same day, the Acting Peace Corps Country Director had received a call from MFA, saying that [...]	2009-09-29 14:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SCUL TX
09ASHGABAT1247	REACHING OUT TO THE TURKMEN DIASPORA: A WORK IN [...] (SBU) Officially, there is a clear recognition within Turkmenistan that there is a Turkmen diaspora beyond the borders of the country, including both descendants of groups long departed from Turkmenistan and more recent emigrants. Efforts to reach out to this diaspora began only during the ear [...]	2009-09-30 12:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09ASHGABAT1248	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. LOGISTICS COMPANY EXPLAINS [...] (C) On September 28, Economic Officer met with the Managing Director of U.S.-based Bertling Logistics. The Bertling representative, who was raised in Turkey and has been in Ashgabat for 10 years, asserted that commercial conditions in the country have improved immensely in the last few years. [...]	2009-09-30 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EPET BTIO PGOV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1249	TURKMENISTAN: HOW MUCH OF CHINA IS TOO MUCH? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chinese presence and the number of Chinese citizens living and working in Turkmenistan have traditionally been related to business activities conducted here by the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) [...]	2009-09-30 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1252	TURKMENISTAN: FOR BERDIMUHAMEDOV, PRAISE FROM ANY [...] (U) On September 26, on the front page of state-run newspaper "Neytralniy Turkmenistan," there was a photo of the certificate and medal that were presented to President Berdimuhamedov on September 24 when he was in the United States for the UN General Assembly. The certificate was for "faithf [...]	2009-10-01 09:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX UN
09ASHGABAT1253	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON EXPECTED MORE FROM MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron was one of several U.S. companies that recently had face-to-face meetings with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly. The Chevron rep was visibly disappointed that the meeting did not result in a new onshore deal [...]	2009-10-01 13:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1254	TURKMENISTAN: STATE PROSECUTORS MAINTAIN THAT [...] (C) Poloff met on September 28 with four representatives of Turkmenistan's Prosecutor General's office -- three senior prosecutors and the head of the International Relations section -- to discuss the upcoming visit of a G/TIP Program Analyst. She also provided copies of the Embassy's non-pape [...]	2009-10-01 13:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1255	TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHT TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov recent visit to the U.S. to attend the UNGA dominated all media outlets for a full week. Coverage was positive and extensive for each meeting and event, including special note of [...]	2009-10-02 03:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1257	TURKMENISTAN: RETHINKING THE APPROACH FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the September 21 meeting between the Secretary and President Berdimuhamedov, post received additional feedback from GOTX officials regarding the USG push for U.S. energy companies to develop onshore hydrocarbon resources in Turkmenistan. The GOTX remains adamant that it [...]	2009-10-02 08:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1258	TURKMENISTAN: PUBLIC LOSING PATIENCE WITH FREQUENT ROAD [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Road closures in Ashgabat to provide security for the president and his VIP foreign guests have become a frequent practice. While VIP visitors no doubt appreciate the gesture, locals are becoming increasingly [...]	2009-10-02 09:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1260	TURKMENISTAN: STILL NOT ISSUING NEW PASSPORTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkmenistan has apparently not yet decided whether to enforce a law disallowing dual citizenship as they issue new foreign travel passports to Turkmen citizens. Those who only declared single citizenship on the application forms have received their new passport [...]	2009-10-02 10:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL RU TX
09ASHGABAT1262	TURKMENISTAN: GAZPROM REFUSING TO BUY TURKMEN GAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent Russian media reports indicated that Russia's state-owned Gazprom will not resume purchases of Turkmen gas for the remainder of 2009. The reports come as the demand for gas remains in decline, and Russia continues to push for a much lower gas price with the Turkmen. So [...]	2009-10-02 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO RU TX
09ASHGABAT1263	INDIA HOLDS MODEST EXPECTATIONS FOR RELATIONHSIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite positive reports in Turkmen newspapers about the Indian External Affairs Minister's trip to Turkmenistan, a contact at the Indian Embassy expressed frustration with the way of doing business in Turkmenistan and the results of previous projects. He noted that the Turkmen a [...]	2009-10-02 12:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET PREL IN AF TX
09ASHGABAT1264	TURKMENISTAN: IRAN'S RECENT CASPIAN-ENERGY RHETORIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets recently cited Reza Kasaeizadeh, Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Export Company, as stating Iran would prevent Turkmenistan from participating in any projects aimed at t [...]	2009-10-02 13:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV IR TX
09ASHGABAT1265	BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S "OPEN" PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 1, President Berdimuhamedov held his first "open" press conference with state-run and foreign media. The event was heavily controlled and, like most media events in Turkmenistan, designed to develop the President's image. Journalists were forced to repeat questions ha [...]	2009-10-05 03:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1267	OSCE CENTER HIGHLIGHTS POSITIVE COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) On October 1, the Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, Ambassador Arsim Zekolli, briefed representatives of OSCE-member country embassies on the activities of the Center during the past year. The briefing was based on Zekolli's Report to the OSCE Permanent Council on September 3, but al [...]	2009-10-05 10:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OSCE TX
09ASHGABAT1269	TURKMENISTAN: MODERN HEALTH FACILITIES LACK DOCTORS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Two months ago, the Turkmen government commissioned two major medical hospitals in Ashgabat, but the facilities remain closed due to a shortage of qualified medical personnel to staff the hospitals. The serious [...]	2009-10-05 11:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO TSPL SOCI EIND TX
09ASHGABAT1270	TURKMENISTAN: HONEYWELL TRYING TO COURT TURKMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 5, Honeywell's CEO and other company executives met with the Charge to discuss plans to expand the company's presence in Turkmenistan. Honeywell's CEO arrived in Ashgabat for meetings with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Deputy Chairman of Oil and Gas Bay [...]	2009-10-05 13:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1271	TURKMENISTAN: A VISIT WITH A DASHOGUZ DEPUTY HAKIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 28, 2009 PAO met with a Dashoguz province Deputy Hakim (Deputy Governor) Gurbanjemal Atabayeva during a regional visit. The meeting was initially cold and reserved until talk turned to the recent visit by US Fulbright Scholar Melda Yildiz. Atabayeva expressed a des [...]	2009-10-07 03:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT1273	TURKMENISTAN: BACKING OFF ON THE CASPIAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets have recently cited President Berdimuhamedov's remarks regarding Turkmenistan's Caspian dispute with Azerbaijan, made during his October 1 press conference (Ref A). According to the [...]	2009-10-08 09:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL EPET PGOV EINV AJ TX
09ASHGABAT1274	TURKMENISTAN: UNDP AND EU LAUNCH SWEEPING HUMAN [...] (SBU) On October 2, the Turkmen government's Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) hosted the opening ceremony for the joint EU, UNDP and UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) project "Strengthening the national capacity of Turkmenistan to promote and protect hum [...]	2009-10-08 09:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KDEM EUN UNDP UNHRC TX
09ASHGABAT1277	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA HIGHLIGHT SEPTEMBER POST EVENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: During September, the Turkmen media provided generally accurate and positive coverage of Embassy activities. TV, print and radio outlets covered Embassy participation in the International Education Fair, the ceremony honoring the National Library with the award of an AFCP (Ambas [...]	2009-10-08 12:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1279	TURKMENISTAN: BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 13:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR TX
09ASHGABAT1280	U.S. EDUCATORS DISCOVER REALITY OF TURKMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nine professors and professional educators from different institutions of higher learning in the United States attended the International Education Conference held in Turkmenistan during September 8-10. Several met with Turkmen governmental officials or spoke with their counte [...]	2009-10-09 03:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1281	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CRITIC FEELS THE HEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. As a result of criticizing the Turkmen government in interviews on RFE/RL and through writings distributed on the Internet, a former lawyer and deputy school director is feeling the consequences of official displeasure. He recently lost his job and his son was barred from leavi [...]	2009-10-09 09:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1282	TURKMENISTAN: RECENT DRUG CRIME REPORTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On September 18th, the Ashgabat weekly "Adalat" (Justice) reported that a 40-year old, unemployed resident of Ak Bugday village in Ahal Province, Gurbanberdi Charyev, had been arrested by State Counter- Narcotics Service (S [...]	2009-10-09 10:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1283	TURKMENISTAN: OFFSHORE REGISTERED COMPANIES NEED NOT APPLY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The two latest tender announcements published on the Turkmenistan Oil and Gas Ministry's website contained a bracketed note saying that tender bids from companies registered in offshore zones or possessing banking accounts [...]	2009-10-09 10:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1285	TURKMEN PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS MAIN FOREIGN POLICY TRENDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1, President Berdimuhamedov held his first "open" press conference with state-run and foreign media, fielding questions on the results of Turkmenistan's participation at the 64th United Nations Gener [...]	2009-10-09 12:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1286	TURKMENISTAN: JAPAN HOPES TO REGAIN MOMENTUM IN [...] (SBU) Members of the Japanese-Turkmenistan Committee for Economic Cooperation visited Turkmenistan from October 4-8 and met with President Berdimuhamedov. Tetsuro Chida, Special Advisor to the Japanese Charge d'Affaires, told Poloff that the delegation included executives from Itochu, Komatsu [...]	2009-10-09 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL BTIO ECON ETRD JA TX
09ASHGABAT1288	TURKMENISTAN: FORMER DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FOR OIL AND [...] (C) Former Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagiyev was arrested in mid-September allegedly on suspicion of corruption, according to multiple sources in the expat business and foreign diplomatic community. Tagiyev was serving at the time as head of the oil refinery at Turkmenbashi. Accordi [...]	2009-10-13 12:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON ENRG TX
09ASHGABAT1289	NABUCCO ENVOY SEES GREATER INTEREST AMONG TURKMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungary's envoy for the Nabucco project was recently in Ashgabat for meetings with government officials. He noted that the officials were all well-briefed and had concrete questions that indicated genuine interest in the project. The Turkmen were also supportive of the proposed i [...]	2009-10-13 12:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1292	IRANIAN IMPORTER ON "HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS IN [...] (C) In an October 8 meeting with Iran Watcher, an Iranian ceramics importer shared his views on how to succeed -- despite the many well-known impediments -- as an entrepreneur in Turkmenistan. In a conversation in his office at the Iran Business Center, an attractive building dominated mostly [...]	2009-10-14 09:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO IR TX PGOV PREL
09ASHGABAT1293	TURKMENISTAN: BOEING CONTRACT CANCELED BECAUSE OF [...] (C) Two Boeing representatives met with Charge on October 8 to relay the disappointing news that their 2008 contract with Turkmenistan Airlines had apparently just been canceled. The contract was originally for two airplanes, to be delivered in 2013. They had subsequently agreed, at the requ [...]	2009-10-14 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1294	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT INDIFFERENCE IMPEDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmen people are making ends meet by creativity in business and supporting family within the tribal system, but with little help from their government. The EU TACIS Program Advisor in Turkmenistan said that traditional assistance programs allow the government to take a cut o [...]	2009-10-14 12:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1295	TURKMEN PRESIDENT SHUFFLES OIL AND GAS OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an October 12 televised session with fuel and energy officials, Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov announced major firings and reshuffling of the oil and gas leadership, citing waste and poor performance as reasons for dismissals. The president prefaced his action by saying [...]	2009-10-14 13:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1301	TURKMENISTAN: AN APPARENT DECREASE IN THEFT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Theft is the second most common type of crime in Turkmenistan, drug crime being the most common. Although former President Niyazov sentenced many criminals, including the heads of criminal networks, to death [...]	2009-10-15 08:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1308	TURKMENISTAN'S TRIBES INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmen tribes Yomut and Tekke, although, rivals in the past, were promoters of common Turkmen identity, national unity, and nationhood in the early 20th century. Former president Niyazov balanced the tribes in his "d [...]	2009-10-15 10:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1312	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL STILL MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 14 ExxonMobil representatives met with the Charge to discuss recent meetings between company executives and Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly. ExxonMobil representatives described the meetings as "a little positive, [...]	2009-10-16 06:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1314	TURKMENISTAN: TAJIKISTAN INTENDS TO INCREASE [...] (U) President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rakhmon, was in Turkmenbashi and Avaza on October 9-10 for a working visit with Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov. Turkmen state-run newspapers described the visit as building relations between the two "brotherly" neighbors, especially in the areas of trade [...]	2009-10-19 08:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL TI TX
09ASHGABAT1318	TURKMENISTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS REPORTS PROGRESS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. A ConocoPhillips representative reported that the company has renewed its chances of on offshore deal with Turkmenistan since it recently dropped LukOil as a partner and picked up UAE-based Mubadala. ConocoPhillips had already partnered successfully with Mubadala in Kazakhstan a [...]	2009-10-20 09:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO KZ TX
09ASHGABAT1319	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PARTNERING FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 09:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD UN TX
09ASHGABAT1320	NO RE-EXPORTS OF TURKMEN GAS? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Turkmen media, Turkmen Deputy Chairman Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov, who oversees the country's energy sector, stated on Friday that Turkmenistan is going to put a clause in future gas sale contracts which [...]	2009-10-20 13:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1323	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FDA REPORTABLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 12:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1326	TELEPHONE HOTLINES: TREND OR TOOL? [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Using international donor community funding, local NGOs Ynam, Keik Okara, and the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan have established or plan to set up telephone hotlines to provide the public with c [...]	2009-10-22 09:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1328	TURKMENISTAN: STATE HYRDOCARBON AGENCY HEAD ASKS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After waiting since early August for an October 20 meeting to discuss potential cooperation on introducing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) with funding from the USAID-Chevron public-private partn [...]	2009-10-22 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT1329	TURKMENISTAN: RESPIRATORY ILLNESS APPEARS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy local staff and Embassy contacts are talking about the large numbers of students who are sick this third week of October, with what they are calling the flu. Some have said that this is just the annual flu season, brought on by the changing weather and the temperature diff [...]	2009-10-22 13:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1330	TURKMENISTAN: VICTIM RECOUNTS TRAFFICKING ORDEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: (C) Poloff and INL/G-TIP officer spoke with a Turkmen taxi driver who recounted a nightmarish, six-month stay in Turkey two years ago. During much of that time, he was homeless, and engaged off-and-on by employers who refused to pay him. Like many Turkmen, both men and women, who [...]	2009-10-23 09:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PHUM PGOV PREL TX TU
09ASHGABAT1331	TURKMENISTAN: PICKLED SEWAGE POSES PROBLEMS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has numerous polluted bodies of water that the President has ordered cleaned, but an American businessman's experience shows that the process of getting clean-up projects approved is arduous. One potential clean-up site, Lake Simonova, is near the Avaza tourist site [...]	2009-10-23 09:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET PGOV SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1332	TURKMENISTAN: WHITE STREAM REPRESENTATIVE PITCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A White Stream pipeline representative was in Ashgabat this week to pitch the project to GOTX officials. White Stream is a private gas pipeline from Georgia to Romania that its proponents claim is an alternative route for deliveries of Azerbaijani and Turkmen gas Europe. The rep [...]	2009-10-23 09:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1333	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 64TH UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 12:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN TX
09ASHGABAT134	UNDP HELPS TURKMENISTAN DEVELOP CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) recently facilitated an inter-ministerial dialogue on climate change, aimed at helping Turkmenistan develop an official position on the issue. UNDP hoped to gain a commit [...]	2009-01-27 11:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR ENRG EPET SENV TX AORC
09ASHGABAT135	TURKMENISTAN: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON KEY NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During the past two weeks, President Berdimuhamedov has replaced 17 senior officials to include one Deputy Cabinet Minister, three ministers, the directors of five major state enterprises, one significant committee chair [...]	2009-01-27 11:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PINR TX
09ASHGABAT1352	TURKMENISTAN: HOSPITALS SWAMPED WITH SICK CHILDREN [...] (C) Post's Foreign Service Health Practitioner and locally employed medical officer received more information on 23 October about the spread of upper respiratory illnesses in schoolchildren in Turkmenistan. Doctors at the Turkish-run Central Hospital, considered the country's best health faci [...]	2009-10-23 13:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1353	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON REPORTS SOME GOOD NEWS [...] (C) Chevron's representative in Ashgabat met with Charge on October 23 to convey some good news the company had received from the GOTX. Specifically, Chevron received a positive letter from Turkmenistan's state-owned gas company Turkmengas in response to Chevron's request to discuss its onsho [...]	2009-10-23 14:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1354	GOTX RATCHETS UP PRESSURE OF TASP STUDENTS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past two days, several students from the Turkmen American Scholarship Program (TASP) have reported increased pressure from the GOTX. The students, after being denied exit first to the American University in Central Asia (AUCA) and then to the American University in Bulga [...]	2009-10-23 14:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT136	CONSULAR NOTIFICATION IN TURKMENISTAN: PERPETUAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting to discuss the consular notification issues that arose in a recent deportation case, the Head of the MFA's Consular Department suggested that Turkmenistan's law enforcement agencies were unaware of all the requirements contained in the Vienna Convention. Specific [...]	2009-01-28 05:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1369	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN MEDIA LIKELY DISTORTED ENERGY SECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets, initially Russian, have linked recent changes in the Turkmen energy sector's leadership (reftel) with allegations that high-ranking oil and gas officials had passed classified geolog [...]	2009-10-26 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV RS TX
09ASHGABAT137	TURKMENISTAN: INFORMATION ON COUNTERING TERRORIST [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 10:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID TX
09ASHGABAT1370	TURKMENISTAN: FLU SPREADING TO ADULTS [...] (C) The flu that was affecting mostly children throughout Turkmenistan the week of October 19-23 (reftel) has spread to adults as well, as of October 26. Local employees at Post report that large numbers of people (some reports say as many as 50%) in Dashoguz province in northern Turkmenistan [...]	2009-10-26 14:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1371	TURKMENISTAN: EDUCATION LAGGING IN MATH AND SCIENCES [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The former Turkmen president's education policies resulted in poor quality secondary schools and insufficient professional education. The current president has reinstated the final year of secondary school and spent m [...]	2009-10-29 03:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL SOCI TSPL TX
09ASHGABAT1373	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON MCC INDICATOR SCORECARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 09:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC TX
09ASHGABAT138	MICROSOFT/POLIMEKS DEVELOPING TURKMEN DICTIONARY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Post has learned that Microsoft, with support from Turkish construction firm Policom Istanbul (known locally as "Polimeks"),has apparently agreed to develop a Turkmen language dictionary and relevant software in cooperatio [...]	2009-01-29 03:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1380	TURKMENISTAN: A LOOK INSIDE A TURKMEN EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: When Turkmen embassies produce reporting it generally does not get transmitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs mainly because there is no advanced technology used to convey the information between Turkmen missions and Ashgabat, and reporting is considered secondary to attending [...]	2009-10-29 11:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TX
09ASHGABAT1381	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZES LAST MINUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the margins of Turkmenistan Independence Day celebrations, GOTX officials organized a last-minute meeting of the U.S.-Turkmenistan Business Council in Ashgabat. The meeting was a follow-up event to a dinner for Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov hosted by the Business Council i [...]	2009-10-29 12:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV PGOV BEXP BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1382	TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S REQUIREMENTS DURING DINNER IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 13:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR TX
09ASHGABAT1383	EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. No progress was made in support of the DOE/SLD Program in our attempt to import radioactive test sources for use in calibrating the portal monitors. 2. Training Conducted During Reporting Period. a. EXBS facilitated the par [...]	2009-10-30 07:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG
09ASHGABAT1384	TURKMENISTAN: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Six law enforcement officers graduating from Post's INL-funded English Language training (ELT) courses gave presentations on various subjects in English on October 19 before their classmates, language instructors, [...]	2009-10-30 07:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1386	TURKMENISTAN: TEXTILE FACTORIES NOT AS PRODUCTIVE AS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent inauguration of a new textile factory in the southeastern city of Turkmenabat was supposed to demonstrate the progress that Turkmenistan has made in its textile industry. However, decreasing cotton [...]	2009-10-30 10:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD BTIO EAGR TX
09ASHGABAT1387	TURKMEN SECTION OF PIPELINE TO CHINA DELAYED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets recently reported that Turkmenistan had completed its section of the Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan - China gas pipeline, which is better known as the as Central Asia - China [...]	2009-10-30 10:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1388	TURKMENISTAN OFFERS PROPOSAL TO CHEVRON [...] (C) Chevron Vice President for Business Development told Charge on October 29 that the Turkmen had proposed that Chevron take over gas processing in the country, thereby supplanting the Russians. He said that this proposal had been offered during a meeting he had earlier that day with State A [...]	2009-10-30 10:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1389	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 10:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TX
09ASHGABAT139	ECONOMIST DESCRIBES BUSINESS INCUBATOR PROJECT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Fulbright alumna said that 70 current and aspiring entrepreneurs are taking part in her business incubator project, which offers classes in basic entrepreneurship and English. Alumni of U.S. programs such as Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX),International Visitor Progra [...]	2009-01-29 07:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1390	TURKMENISTAN: INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLDS LITTLE JOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Independence Day holiday in Turkmenistan lasted from October 26-28 and included concerts, fireworks, and a massive parade. As part ofthe festivities, government workers were required to attend the events, which seemed to sap the excitement and happiness out of the holiday. No [...]	2009-10-30 11:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1391	TURKMENISTAN: REPORTS OF DEATHS CAUSED BY FLU [...] (SBU) Cases of the flu, probably H1N1, are still widespread in Turkmenistan and Embassy local employees have heard about several deaths. A lawyer from the local government of the area where many embassy employees live, who was reportedly around 30 years old, died the last week in October. In [...]	2009-10-30 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1398	TURKMENISTAN: "THE SANDPIT GENERALS" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On the occasion of Turkmenistan's Independence Day, President Berdimuhamedov conferred the rank of the Major General (MajGen) to the Minister of Defense (MOD) and the Chief of the State Border Service (SBS). S [...]	2009-11-02 06:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1399	TURKMENISTAN: NGO HOLDS SEMINAR ON MASS MEDIA AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A local NGO recently held a public seminar on the role of mass media in the democratization of society. Topics covered included an overview on the legal sphere of mass media activity, a comparative analysis of [...]	2009-11-02 06:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT140	TURKMENISTAN: CENTCOM VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN COVERED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: USCENTCOM Commander General Petraeus made his first official visit to Turkmenistan January 15-16. State media highlighted the visit, especially the General's meeting with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdi [...]	2009-01-29 09:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO MARR TX
09ASHGABAT1400	TURKMENISTAN: USAID TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 10, USAID and its implementer, Project HOPE, held a conference to mark the completion of their second five-year tuberculosis (TB) program. From 2000 to 2009, this program cooperated with the Ministry [...]	2009-11-02 09:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1402	HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN DISCUSSES "BURNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian Ambassador to Iran Gyorgy Busztin met October 29 with Charge to share his views on the situation in Iran. Busztin said the protests marked a turning point for the country, because the government lost legitimacy and people felt the power they had to promote change. He s [...]	2009-11-02 12:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IR TX
09ASHGABAT1403	TURKMENISTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST ZATOKA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 28, Andrei Zatoka was given the maximum sentence of five years in prison for his involvement in an altercation on October 20. The victim in the case claimed that Zatoka attacked him after stepping on the man's foot and not apologizing. Zatoka and those close to him ma [...]	2009-11-02 13:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1404	TURKMENISTAN: NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM FLU RISING [...] (C) Many local employees and Embassy contacts on November 2 had stories about someone they knew having died from the flu. A 26 year-old pregnant woman, the neighbor of a local guard, died this weekend. An Embassy officer's housekeeper said that three children in her son's kindergarten class h [...]	2009-11-02 13:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1406	TURKMENISTAN: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (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 differen [...]	2009-11-03 12:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS TX

09ASHGABAT1407	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL TX
09ASHGABAT1409	TURKMENISTAN: NEW GRANDDAUGHTER FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Colleagues at the UK Embassy passed to us copies of the visa application for Aynagozel Yhlasgeldiyevna Amanova, daughter of President Berdimuhamedov's daughter Guljahan Amanova. Aynagozel was born April 15, 2009 in Ashgabat. The visa application lists the family's Ashgabat address as #83 [...]	2009-11-04 07:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR TX
09ASHGABAT141	TURKMENISTAN: LOGISTICS COMPANY MANAGER DESCRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY: GAC Marine's General Manager, a longtime resident with connections to some foreign energy companies operating in Turkmenistan, described his company's progress with business development and commented on a recent agreement with the government to build a new supply base near Turk [...]	2009-01-29 09:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ETRD EPET ECON TX AJ
09ASHGABAT1414	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF HEALTH "BANISHED" TO [...] (C) USAID staff was told last week by a colleague at an international organization that the Minister of Healthcare and Medical Industry (MOHMI),Ata Serdarov, is sitting in Archman (110 km from Ashgabat) to supervise the reconstruction/renovation of the town,s sanatorium. The reported "banis [...]	2009-11-04 12:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KFLU TX
09ASHGABAT1415	TURKMENISTAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BUDGETARY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) On November 2, post received a diplomatic note from the Turkmenistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to Ref B demarche that urged the Turkmen government to improve its budgetary transparency. BEGIN DIPLOMATIC [...]	2009-11-04 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1416	TURKMENISTAN: FAMOUS POP STAR IMPLICATED IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A popular Turkmen female singer was reportedly detained with drugs and sent into internal exile. The report could not be officially confirmed, but several sources provided details. Drug use has been a traditi [...]	2009-11-04 12:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1417	TURKMENISTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS TRYING TO SPREAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two environmental NGOs in Turkmenistan are attempting to educate the public about the environment, about interactions with nature, and in general how to behave in society. Their ability to operate is restricted by the government's refusal to register NGOs. They also face a lang [...]	2009-11-04 13:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID OSCI SENV TSPL TX ZK
09ASHGABAT1418	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA HIGHLIGHT OCTOBER POST EVENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In October, Turkmen media provided generally accurate coverage of post conducted activities. At the beginning of month international media widely expressed U.S. concern over Turkmen government's efforts to prevent students from traveling to U.S.-linked schools. Also, internatio [...]	2009-11-05 03:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT142	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN LOGISTICS COMPANY CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 27, GAC Marine General Manager, Gregory Flint, shared his thoughts on how to succeed at doing business in Turkmenistan. He commented on the pervasiveness of corruption, as well as other challenges that regularly face foreign companies here. His views on business im [...]	2009-01-29 09:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD EPET ECON KCRM TX AJ
09ASHGABAT1420	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIANS ON ZATOKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both the Russian government and the Russian embassy in Ashgabat have been fully engaged in trying to find a resolution to the case of environmental activist Andrei Zatoka. According to the Russian DCM, he has been in touch with both the Russian Presidential Administration and the [...]	2009-11-05 13:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1421	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT IN DENIAL ABOUT PRESENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy officers estimate that the number of deaths in Turkmenistan has risen sharply since mid-October, but the Turkmen Government denies that there is H1N1 in the country. The government has reportedly given instructions that people are not allowed to wear masks and pharmacies [...]	2009-11-05 14:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1422	TURKMENISTAN: SCHLUMBERGER HOPES TO EXPAND BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Oil and gas service giant Schlumberger has been operating in Turkmenistan since 1999. The company maintains excellent business ties with state-owned oil concern Turkmennebit, and has plans to partner with the state-owned gas company Turkmengaz in the near future. Company represe [...]	2009-11-05 14:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1423	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIANS SAY GAZPROM NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) According to Russian Embassy DCM Aleksey Demin, negotiations between the Russians and the Turkmen over gas are "very difficult." We met with Demin on November 5 to discuss the status of the Gazprom negotiations. He told us that currently the negotiations between Turkmengaz and Gazprom ar [...]	2009-11-06 11:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1424	ZATOKA RELEASED FOLLOWING APPEAL; PLANS TO DEPART [...] (C) On the morning of November 6, the Dashoguz appellate court judge changed Andrei Zatoka's sentence from five years in prison to a 1,000 manat (USD 353) fine, with immediate release upon payment of the fine. Embassy's Public Affairs Officer, who was present at the court building in Dashoguz, [...]	2009-11-06 12:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1425	TURKMENISTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY IN IMO [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 12:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA IMO UK TX
09ASHGABAT1426	TURKMENISTAN: COTTON STILL MOSTLY HAND PICKED, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy officers visited all five provinces of Turkmenistan in the fall to monitor cotton harvesting. Based on what they saw, the government appears to be serious about its ban on the use of child labor during the cotton harvest. While the Turkmen have replaced some hand picking [...]	2009-11-06 13:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1427	SEPTEMBER 29 VISIT OF ST. PERSBURG GOVERNOR [...] (C) Russian Embassy DCM Aleksey Demin briefed us November 5 on the September 29 visit of St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko. According to Demin, two construction contracts totaling $700 million were signed. One was for building bridges, roads,and highways in Ashgabat and Ahal provi [...]	2009-11-06 13:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD TX RS
09ASHGABAT1428	THE FEW FOREIGN BANKS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Five foreign banks currently operate in Turkmenistan: Turkmen-Turkish Bank, National Bank of Pakistan, Saderat (Export) Bank of Iran, Deutsche Bank and Commerz Bank of Germany. Besides the two German banks, these ba [...]	2009-11-06 14:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1429	THE FAST AND FURIOUS RELEASE OF ANDREI ZATOKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Andrei Zatoka's release and departure to Russia was planned and executed within eight days of his initial conviction. After a brief and surprisingly open meeting with KNB officials the evening of November 3rd, Evgeniya and Andrei Zatoka agreed to renounce their citizenship and we [...]	2009-11-09 11:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT143	TURKMENISTAN: PAKISTANI AMBASSADOR ON HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Charge, Pakistan's Ambassador to Turkmenistan spoke in frank terms of his country's difficulties. He said he hopes that the U.S. will now pay more attention to resolving the war in Afghanistan, where he served as a diplomat both during the rule of the Tali [...]	2009-01-29 12:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR PREL AF PK TX
09ASHGABAT1442	TURKMENISTAN: "PATH TO HEAVEN" STARTS IN ASHGABAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A new unregistered Protestant religious group, "Path to Heaven," has begun meeting in Ashgabat and Mary. Its founder, who previously attended Word of Life and Baptist churches in Ashgabat, is leading a group with no denominational ties and focused on the believer's freedom from [...]	2009-11-09 13:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1443	NOVEMBER 10 MEETING WITH DEPUTY CHAIRMAN SAPARLYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 10 Charge met with Deputy Chairman for Education, Health, Sciences, and Religion Hydyr Saparlyev. They discussed ongoing problems with TASP, the Peace Corps, and other educational exchange programs. Saparlyev indicated a desire to resolve the various problems while adh [...]	2009-11-10 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1444	TURKMENISTAN: FIGHTING THE FLU WITH RASPBERRIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent days, a Turkmen state-run newspaper published two articles about methods for treating and preventing flu. The Turkmen Government appears to have changed its approach slightly by using the word "flu" for the first time publicly, but the natural remedies they recommend gi [...]	2009-11-10 13:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX UP
09ASHGABAT1445	TURKMENISTAN: AUSTRIAN ENERGY GIANT OMV HOPES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. OMV, Austria's largest oil-producing, refining and gas company, recently increased its efforts to promote the Nabucco pipeline and strike an energy deal with the Turkmen government. Like many large energy companies, OMV's current plans focus on the lucrative, proven, onshore gas [...]	2009-11-10 13:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO AU TX
09ASHGABAT1446	TURKMENISTAN: JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' WOES CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Four Jehovah's Witness conscientious objectors are currently in prison. Their families will exhaust all means of appeal, after which the Jehovah's Witnesses will bring the cases to international fora for further attention. Harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses has increased in rec [...]	2009-11-10 13:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1460	TURKMENISTAN: VISITING IRANIANS DESCRIBE VISA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranians who wish to visit Turkmenistan face an array of bureaucratic roadblocks, including a stringent visa regime (most applicants are unsuccessful) and, once in the country, a burdensome registration process. Several recent visitors described these difficulties in conversations [...]	2009-11-12 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PHUM PGOV PREL CVIS TX
09ASHGABAT1461	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 07:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNGA PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1463	TURKMENISTAN: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GRADUATE [...] Post's INL-funded English Language Training (ELT) program marked the end of its ten-month training course on November 6 with a graduation ceremony for 17 participating law enforcement officers. The Charge officiated, awarding certificates to all of the participants, and delivering remarks in w [...]	2009-11-13 12:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1469	TURKMENISTAN: UNDP WORKS TO BUILD ANALYTIC SKILLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A United Nations Development Program (UNDP) project to develop analytic capacity among government employees in Turkmenistan seems to be making progress toward its goal of improving policy planning skills at the Institute of Strategic Planning and Economic Development. In a Novemb [...]	2009-11-17 04:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP TX
09ASHGABAT1471	TURKMENISTAN: ASHGABAT HOSTS REGIONAL UN [...] (U) The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) held a three-day, regional conference on human trafficking in Ashgabat this week. OSCE and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) also sponsored the event, intended to promote cooperation and information and intelligence sharing between [...]	2009-11-17 04:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM DPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09ASHGABAT1477	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 13:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF TX
09ASHGABAT1479	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 12:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE TX
09ASHGABAT1480	TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: TURKMEN PUSH FOR JOINT [...] (C) Pursuant to a December 2008 MOU between the governments of Iran and Turkmenistan (reftel),Turkmenistan is reportedly anxious to expand cooperation with Iran in several key areas, including extradition, Iranian service of process formalities, and the resolution of border-related disputes i [...]	2009-11-18 15:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1481	DEPUTY CHAIRMAN CONFIDENT ABOUT PROSPECTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov, in a meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Krol, reiterated the Turkmen government's energy sector policies of diversifying sales of natural gas, hiring service companies to work on development and explora [...]	2009-11-18 15:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1482	TURKMENISTAN: COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIALS EMPHASIZE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Krol's November 16 meeting with Ministry of Communications officials, the Turkmen highlighted President Berdimuhamedov's initiative for a Turkmen-owned communications satellite as their first priority. Seven companies, including thr [...]	2009-11-18 15:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINT ETRD PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1483	TURKMEN FOREIGN MINISTER POSITIVE ABOUT RELATIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a November 16 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Krol, Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov provided his perspective on the current state of U.S.-Turkmenistan relations and the path ahead. He commented on our increasingly active political [...]	2009-11-18 15:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1485	TURKMENISTAN: UN REGIONAL CENTER OUTLINES MOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting in Ashgabat with SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol, the Head of the United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy, Ambassador Miroslav Jenca, talked about electricity and water resource problems, the conflict in Afghanistan, and border security. [...]	2009-11-20 15:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PBTS PREL OSCE UN AF TX ZK
09ASHGABAT1486	TURKMENISTAN: STATE HYDROCARBON AGENCY CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkmenistan's State Hydrocarbon Agency Chief Yagshygeldi Kakayev told visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol that foreign energy companies should either pursue offshore exploration blocks or onshore service contracts. Kakayev said the GOTX viewed most foreign energ [...]	2009-11-20 15:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1487	TURKMENISTAN: OSCE CENTER CHIEF DESCRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Ashgabat OSCE Center briefed DAS George Krol about OSCE programs and prospects in Turkmenistan. The number of projects i expanding, including several new fields, but it seems the Turkmen are merely checking a box by holding the events, with no tangible results. [...]	2009-11-20 15:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV OSCE TX
09ASHGABAT1488	MEDIA HIGHLIGHT DAS GEORGE KROL VISIT TO HEAD U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The official visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Ambassador George A. Krol to Turkmenistan on November 16-18 received generally accurate and widespread media coverage. Ambas [...]	2009-11-23 11:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1489	MEDIA HIGHLIGHT DAS GEORGE KROL VISIT TO HEAD U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The official visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Ambassador George A. Krol to Turkmenistan on November 16-18 received generally accurate and widespread media coverage. Ambas [...]	2009-11-23 11:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1493	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF INTERIOR PUBLICLY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov last week publicly reprimanded the Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD),Ingender Mulikov, citing "shortcomings." Mulikov was appointed to the position six months ago and received a promo [...]	2009-11-23 13:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV SNAR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1494	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON STILL PUSHING FOR A DEAL [...] (C) On the margins of the annual Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (TIOGE),Chevron representatives discussed the company's current plans for reaching an energy deal with the Turkmen. The local Chevron representative told Charge that the recent GOTX proposal to have Chevron [...]	2009-11-23 13:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1495	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL INCREASING ITS ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. ExxonMobil officials have increased their presence in Turkmenistan over the last few months. Given the GOTX's plans to deliver up to 65 billion cubic meters of gas to Iran and China by the end of 2011, the company sees opportunities to gain GOTX trust in the hope of eventually ge [...]	2009-11-23 13:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1496	EXBS: POST RESPONSE TO FY 2010 EXBS PROGRAM PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 03:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG
09ASHGABAT1497	HEAD OF TURKMEN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his visit to Ashgabat, DAS Krol met the GOTX's Head of the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights Shirin Akhmedova. The meeting focused on the Institute's adherence to directives by President Berdimuhamedov and a long list of laws the GOTX is working on related to democr [...]	2009-11-24 05:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1498	GE TURBINES BOOST ELECTRICITY CAPACITY IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not For Public Internet. 2. (U) Chalyk Energy, a Turkish company, and General Electric (GE) are nearing completion of a project to build a new power station in Balkanabat, the capital city of Balkan Province in western Turkmenistan. According to an article in [...]	2009-11-24 09:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT15	TURKMENISTAN: DELAY OF COMPLETION OF GAS PIPELINE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent statement released by the Turkmen state information agency, a detailed status report on the construction of the gas pipeline to China omitted mention of the long anticipated 2009 start of operatio [...]	2009-01-06 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ECON PREL CH TX
09ASHGABAT1500	TURKMENISTAN: DAS KROL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 17, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to discuss a variety of issues of bilateral interest, including Afghanistan, the Peace Corps, the former students at the American University of Central Asia, humanitarian overfligh [...]	2009-11-24 09:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM ECON ENRG TX
09ASHGABAT1502	TURKMENISTAN: 2010 NTE REPLY ON THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 13:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KBCT IS TX
09ASHGABAT1503	HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A BERDIMUHAMEDOV SCORNED [...] (C) SUMMARY. An Embassy contact conveyed a story from President Berdimuhamedov's life before he became a high-ranking government official. Apparently Berdimuhamedov tried to pressure a staff member at his dental clinic to enter into a relationship with him and when she scorned him, he fired h [...]	2009-11-24 13:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TX
09ASHGABAT1504	TURKMENISTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS STILL PURSUING [...] (C) On November 17, ConocoPhillips representatives visiting Ashgabat to attend the Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition briefed poloff on the status of the company's efforts to develop Turkmenistan's Blocks 19 and 20 in the Caspian. The company reps shared that they could not alw [...]	2009-11-24 13:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1506	TURKMENISTAN: BOUNDARIES OF PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) According to a local environmental activist who works for the Kopetdag nature preserve, there is a government plan to make the entire Archabil nature site off-limits to the public. The Archabil nature site is on the southe [...]	2009-11-25 10:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1507	TURKMENISTAN GOVERNMENT ADOPTS ITS 2010 BUDGET [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 21, President Berdimuhamedov signed the law on the state budget of Turkmenistan for 2010. According to the law, budget revenues are set as 48.28 billion manats (USD 16.94 billion) and budget expenditures are se [...]	2009-11-25 10:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1521	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: POLISH DIPLOMAT CALLS [...] (C) In a recent conversation with Iran Watcher, Polish Charge d'Affaires Robert Rokicki said that major changes in Turkmenistan's relations with Iran took place following President Berdimuhamedov's visit to Tehran eight months ago. Rokicki, who has been posted in Ashgabat since late last year, [...]	2009-11-25 13:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL PINR IR TX
09ASHGABAT1525	COLGATE-PALMOLIVE IN TURKMENISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-27 08:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BFIO TX
09ASHGABAT1526	COLGATE-PALMOLIVE IN TURKMENISTAN [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not For Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish Anka Trading and Shipping Company holds the only license for distributing Colgate and Palmolive products in Turkmenistan. The group also partners with Turkmen entrepreneurs to avoid high taxes for foreign co [...]	2009-11-27 10:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1527	"SWINE FLU" KEEPS TURKMEN FROM HAJJ TRIP [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 7, the Turkmen government issued an order prescribing the Committee on Religious Affairs to make the necessary arrangements for a pilgrimage to holy sites around Turkmenistan for all citizens who wi [...]	2009-11-27 11:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF TX
09ASHGABAT1528	GOVERNMENT CENSORS ARTISTS TO "ENHANCE" THE IMAGE [...] (C) Poloff recently spoke with a graphic artist about his current project illustrating a new edition of poetry by the classical Turkmen poet Mollanepes. The artist graduated from Moscow's prestigious Poligraphic Institute during the Soviet era, and his work has been the subject of numerous awa [...]	2009-11-27 11:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1529	CHEVY AND DAEWOO CARS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not For Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Ministry of Commerce entered a joint venture with an Uzbek private businessman who sells General Motors/ UZ-Daewoo cars in Ashgabat. A reported agreement between the Turkmen and Uzbek Presidents initiated [...]	2009-11-27 11:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND BTIO EFIS EINV PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1531	ITALIAN COMPANY ENI SIGNS MOU WITH TURKMEN [...] (SBU) On November 25, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Turkmen State Agency for Hydrocarbon Resources and Italy's state-owned energy company ENI during President Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to Rome. ENI acquired Burren Energy in 2008, after Burren had long been a party t [...]	2009-11-27 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX IT
09ASHGABAT1532	BELARUS COMPANIES DOMINATE TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) On November 25-27, Ashgabat hosted an agriculture trade show, during which producers of agriculture equipment from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) exhibited their equipment and demonstrated new technologies [...]	2009-11-27 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV ETRD BO TX
09ASHGABAT1533	TURKMENISTAN: GAZPROM TO BUY LESS GAS IN 2010? [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent Russian article claimed that Gazprom would significantly lower the price it would pay for Turkmen gas, and the quantity it would take, in 2010. Although neither Gazprom nor the Turkmen government have commented on the article, the GOTX is preparing for Russia to buy less [...]	2009-11-27 12:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO RS TX
09ASHGABAT1534	IRAN: HUNGARIAN DIPLOMAT IN TEHRAN DESCRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran Watcher spoke recently with a Hungarian Embassy officer based in Tehran, who described the growing frustration of Iranian business leaders with the government's policies. He said that more and more businesses cannot meet their obligations and are declaring bankruptcy. In his [...]	2009-11-27 12:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT1535	TURKMENISTAN: AN IDEALIZED VERSION OF THE MEJLIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from the parliament of Turkmenistan described a very orderly process for drafting and passing laws. According to the description, all parties who have an interest in a law, from Ministries, to members of parliament, to subject-matter experts, to average citizens can make [...]	2009-11-28 06:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT154	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. ENTREPRENEUR AWARDED CONTRACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Due to President Berdimuhamedov's interest in cleaning up oil pollution located around the Avaza Tourist Zone on the Caspian Sea, an Amcit businessman has concluded a contract for cleaning up oil spills -- contingent, however, on a successful demonstration that his technology can [...]	2009-01-30 13:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ESTH TX
09ASHGABAT1540	EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. SLD Radiation Portal Monitors (RPM). EXBS has located a Turkmen agency, Turkmenstandards (English translation),which is responsible for regulations concerning the importation of radioactive test sources for the radiation portal [...]	2009-12-02 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TX
09ASHGABAT1541	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED HARVEST [...] (U) Turkmenistan celebrated its annual harvest holiday on the last Sunday of November. The festival was a state-centric event, with the booths focused on promoting Turkmenistan's national industries. There were booths dedicated to sheep and wool products, Ahal-teke horses, cotton, and wheat [...]	2009-12-03 11:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PREL SOCI TX JA
09ASHGABAT1542	TURKMENISTAN: CENTRAL ASIAN DIPLOMATS ATTEND UN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The Ashgabat-based UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) conducted a seminar on preventive diplomacy for junior-level diplomats from the five Central Asian countries on November 3-6. Th [...]	2009-12-03 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN ZK TX
09ASHGABAT1543	IRAN: UNESCO DIRECTOR SHARES THE UPS AND DOWNS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Ashgabat this week, the Director of UNESCO's office in Tehran spoke of the challenges of cooperating with the Iranian government in several areas, including training journalists and the preservation of cultural heritage sites. He also described the reaction of hi [...]	2009-12-03 11:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1546	TURKMEN AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS MEET OFTEN BUT NO [...] (C) Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov's one-day working visit to Moscow on November 29 did not finalize a new gas deal between Russia and Turkmenistan. Berdimuhamedov officially announced his trip to Moscow two days before arriving in the Russian capital to meet with President Medvedev. Follo [...]	2009-12-03 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV PREL EINV RS TX
09ASHGABAT1547	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH SPARKS [...] (C) During a trip to the Farap (Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan) border area on November 29-30, Iran Watcher stopped in at "Cafe Zaineb," a truck-stop/cafe frequented by transiting truck drivers from Iran and Turkey. There were few truckers, and no Iranians, present, due to the fact that the main road [...]	2009-12-04 04:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1549	TURKMENISTAN: PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, a technical advisor funded through the USAID-Chevron Global Development Alliance delivered a presentation on "The Role of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Encouraging Foreign [...]	2009-12-04 09:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT155	TURKMENISTAN: UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY CENTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although it has experienced its share of growing pains, the Ashgabat-based UN Preventive Diplomacy Center is playing an increasing role in promoting regional cooperation on a variety of issues shared by all the Central Asian states. Its director has made huge strides in gett [...]	2009-01-30 14:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG UN TX
09ASHGABAT1550	TURKMENISTAN: STATE HYDROCARBON AGENCY SUBMITS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 25, USAID received a detailed request for technical cooperation from the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources. The requested activities, which will be carried out within the fr [...]	2009-12-04 09:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EPET TX
09ASHGABAT1551	TURKMENISTAN: DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS ANNOUNCES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 23, USAID received a letter dated November 19 from Head of Mission- Turkmenistan for Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) announcing its intentions to end its operational presence in Turkmenistan. MSF had [...]	2009-12-04 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT156	TURKMENISTAN: SISTER-IN-LAW OF FORMER FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The sister-in-law of former Foreign Minister, Boris Shikhmuradov, Aina Shikhmuradova, contacted Political Officer to ask the Embassy to assist in obtaining permission for her youngest son to emigrate from Turkmenistan. Boris Shikhmuradov was the alleged leader of a plot to kill fo [...]	2009-02-02 08:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1563	TURKMENISTAN: LOTS OF GAS, BUT WHAT ABOUT OIL? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Annual oil production in Turkmenistan has varied from 9 to 10 million tons for the past six years, but the Turkmen Government has announced plans to increase the oil production to 50 million tons by 2020. Turkmenis [...]	2009-12-04 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1565	TURKMEN PRESIDENT PARDONS 3,934 PRISONERS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At a recent session of the State Security Council, for the occasion of Neutrality Day, President Berdimuhamedov signed a decree pardoning 3,934 prisoners. These individuals, including 19 foreigners, have be [...]	2009-12-04 13:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCRIM TX
09ASHGABAT1566	WILL TURKMENISTAN'S ENERGY EXPORTS TO TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmenistan's electricity exports to Tajikistan might be affected by Uzbekistan's decision to withdraw from the integrated Central Asia power grid. In the winter, Turkmenistan exports electricity to Tajikistan by transiti [...]	2009-12-07 05:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL ZK TI TX
09ASHGABAT1568	TURKMENISTAN: AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY EXCHANGE [...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) On November 27, Poloff met with the Rector of the Turkmen Agricultural University, Gurbandurdy Mammetgulyev, and Chary Taganov, Head of the Academics Department, to discuss the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) fund [...]	2009-12-07 09:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV PREL SCUL TX
09ASHGABAT1569	TURKMENISTAN: A LOOK INTO THE FEAST OF THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) During November 28-30, Turkmen celebrated Gurban Bayram, or the Feast of the Sacrifice. Gurban Bayram is the Turkmen version of the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha, and is widely celebrated across the country. The three- [...]	2009-12-07 09:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KIRF TX
09ASHGABAT1570	TURKMENISTAN: BIDDING ON GOVERNMENT TENDERS; TRICKY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Bidding on Turkmen Government tenders requires an understanding of both the official process, as laid out in the regulation on tenders, and the unwritten rules. Under the table payments to state officials can repor [...]	2009-12-07 09:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1574	TURKMENISTAN: ASHGABAT-BASED UNAMA LIAISON [...] (SBU) The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is re-deploying some of its 1,000 staff out of Kabul after the October attack on the UN building. Mr. Asoka Rasphone, who worked for UNAMA for three years in Afghanistan, has now been deployed to Turkmenistan and will continue [...]	2009-12-08 08:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF UN TX
09ASHGABAT1575	TURKMENISTAN MINISTRY OF FINANCE CLAIMS "ALL IS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ministry of Finance Officials asserted that the Turkmen economy is growing, and that the 2010 state budget reflects overall economic growth despite a forecasted deficit. Ministry officials acknowledged a deficit of approximately $500 million for next year, adding that the state [...]	2009-12-08 08:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN EPET ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1578	GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZED PILGRIMAGE TO TURKMEN SHRINES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to alleged concerns about the spread of the H1N1 virus, the Turkmen government decided to skip sending pilgrims to the Hajj ahead of Eid al Adha (Gurban Bayram) holiday, for the first time since 1993 (Ref [...]	2009-12-08 10:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1579	TURKMENISTAN'S HIGH DOMESTIC NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has one of the highest per capita natural gas consumption rates in the world, which is quite unusual for a country with a population between five and six million and a generally undeveloped industrial [...]	2009-12-08 10:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1580	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-08 11:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UN UNGA TX
09ASHGABAT1581	TURKMENISTAN: POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF A [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a local media report on the government's efforts to implement its plan on national parks, Pol/Econ local staff member met with two environmental activists to discuss the issue. Both contacts confirmed the [...]	2009-12-08 11:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV UN TX
09ASHGABAT1590	TURKMENISTAN: UNREGISTERED RELIGIOUS GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a recent Embassy-organized roundtable attended by leaders of unregistered religious groups, the participants were at a loss to describe a path forward. Two groups have had applications pending at the Ministry of Justice for a year, but inquiries about their status are left un [...]	2009-12-09 09:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1591	TURKMENISTAN: GENERAL ELECTRIC LOOKING TO DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. General Electric (GE) is the leading provider of power generation equipment to Turkmenistan. In addition to being the exclusive provider of gas turbines to the Turkmen, the company provides pipeline and oil field equipment, and delivers services such as much-needed technical and [...]	2009-12-09 10:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1592	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. COMPANY BELAM EYES [...] (C) On December 9, EconOff met with the president of the New Jersey-based company "Belam," who was participating in the International Electricity Industry Exhibition and Conference held in Ashgabat December 7-10 (septel). Belam is a provider and installer of high-tech communications systems. [...]	2009-12-09 11:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV BTIO ECPS ELTN TX
09ASHGABAT1594	TURKMENISTAN: SCHEDULE OF STATE EXHIBITIONS FOR 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 07:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP PGOV ECON ETRD BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1595	A PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG TURKMEN IDEOLOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. PAO met with a young leader of the Turkmen Union of Youth and discussed the political ideology that supports President Berdimuhamedow. The underlying ideology of the Democratic Party is to support the notion of a strong leader. Without such a leader, tribal divisions and the lac [...]	2009-12-10 09:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1596	TURKMENISTAN: MFA PROTESTS EMBASSY-ORGANIZED [...] (C) On December 9, MFA Americas Department Director Serdar Bashimov called in the Acting DCM to "strongly protest" the Embassy-organized roundtable for leaders of non-registered religious groups that took place on December 3 (reftel). Bashimov complained that the MFA had not been notified in a [...]	2009-12-10 09:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1597	INL-FUNDED IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Five Turkmen Government officials participated in an INL-funded General Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement Program in Alexandria, VA from December 1-4. Delegation members also met with INL Deputy [...]	2009-12-10 13:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR TBIO TNGD TPHY TRGY TSPA PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1598	TURKMENISTAN HOLDS ELECTRIC POWER EXHIBITION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 7-8, the Turkmenistan Ministry of Energy and Industry, Academy of Sciences, and Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted the Second Annual International Electricity Industry Exhibition. The exhibition included l [...]	2009-12-10 13:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV EINV EIND BEXP BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1599	URKMENISTAN: MEJLIS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DOES [...] (C) On December 4, poloff met with the Chair of the Mejlis Human Rights Committee, Yazdursun Gurbannazarova, to discuss the committee's activities during the past year. Also attending the meeting were Chair of the International Relations Committee Batyr Berdiyev and MFA Americas Department of [...]	2009-12-10 13:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT16	TURKMEN AUTHORITIES GRADUALLY EXPAND PUBLIC INTERNET ACCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: There have been signs over the past year that the Turkmen government intends to expand public access to the Internet for citizens. In December, Ashgabat residents began reporting success in getting connected. Howev [...]	2009-01-07 04:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT ECPS ECON ETRD SOCI RU TX
09ASHGABAT1600	TURKMENISTAN: ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OPEN TO [...] (SBU) The Acting President of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, Dr. Gurbanmurat Mezilov, and Head of the International Relations Department, Dr. Orazmamed Vasov, met with Poloff on November 27 and discussed areas for possible cooperation on environmental protection and alternative energ [...]	2009-12-10 13:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV SENV TX

09ASHGABAT1601	TURKMEN PRESIDENT CRACKS DOWN ON OLD CARS [...] (SBU) Per a December 4 decree by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Turkmenistan will ban the import of foreign cars produced before 2000. The ban will take effect on January 1, 2010, allowing cars that were produced before 2000 to be imported until the end of the year. The ban com [...]	2009-12-10 13:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON BTIO EIND EINV IR TX
09ASHGABAT1603	TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: From December 1-3, the PD Section co-sponsored with UNESCO, UNICEF, the Turkmen Academy of Sciences, and Ministry of Education (MOE) a three-day conference on education, science, and the use of information communication technologies (ICT) in these spheres. The conference was ope [...]	2009-12-11 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1604	TURKMENISTAN: NO HONKING (OR NEW WOMEN DRIVERS)! [...] (C) SUMMARY: The streets of Ashgabat are not the safest roads to drive on. However, new regulations seem more aimed at pleasing a whim of the President or due to gender prejudice than promoting public safety. President Berdimuhamedov has mandated that Ashgabat be a "car horn honking free zon [...]	2009-12-11 15:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC TX
09ASHGABAT1605	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA HIGHLIGHT NOVEMBER POST EVENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In November, media provided generally accurate coverage of post conducted activities. The graduation of Turkmen law enforcement officers from a U.S. Embassy sponsored-English language program was accurately highlighted on foreign websites. U.S. websites posted the Embassy statem [...]	2009-12-14 03:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1606	TURKMENISTAN OPENS ITS FIRST COASTAL LPG TERMINAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, the Turkmen Government held an opening ceremony for a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal with the capacity of 200,000 tons per year built near the village of Kiyanly on the Caspian coast. Intern [...]	2009-12-14 14:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX IR
09ASHGABAT1607	TURKMENISTAN: STATELESSNESS MORE OF A PROBLEM THAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent conference on statelessness in Central Asia, participants from Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan exchanged ideas on best practices for identifying people without citizenship documentation and for preventing future cases of statelessness. None of th [...]	2009-12-14 15:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF SMIG SOCI UN ZK TX
09ASHGABAT161	WHAT'S HOLDING UP TURKMENISTAN'S ACCESSION TO THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: One faction in Turkmenistan's government, which is afraid of losing control, is the stumbling block preventing Turkmenistan from acceding to the New York Convention on International Arbitration. Another faction understands the value of joining international conventions to impro [...]	2009-02-02 12:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECIN EIND EINV EPET TX AORC
09ASHGABAT1613	TURKMENISTAN: LOSSES AT POULTRY FARM DRIVE UP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A large private poultry complex, which started working a year ago and enjoyed support from President Berdimuhamedov, is experiencing a serious problem. The poultry complex is losing a large number of chickens to a [...]	2009-12-15 10:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1615	TURKMEN STATE-OWNED COMPANY ANNOUNCES 3G SERVICES, [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On December 12, TM Cell, the state-owned cell phone company run by the Ministry of Communications, began to offer 3rd Generation (3G) services to cell phone customers across the country. Tech-savvy customers, who were [...]	2009-12-15 11:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINT ECPS BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1618	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON WEIGHS NEW PROPOSAL [...] (C) On December 11, the local Chevron rep briefed us on a proposal recently made by the Turkmenistan government. Deputy Chairman Bayrammurat Hojamuhammedov had met with the Chevron rep on December 7 and had pitched the idea of Chevron working as part of a Joint Venture onshore (not Yoloten or [...]	2009-12-15 13:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PINR TX
09ASHGABAT1619	CENTRAL ASIA-CHINA PIPELINE OPENED IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Presidents of Turkmenistan, China, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan participated in the December 14 opening of the Central Asia-China gas pipeline in Lebap Province in eastern Turkmenistan. The pipeline opening represented over three and a half years of planning and construction. [...]	2009-12-15 14:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT162	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER PROVIDES POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 2, the Charge met with the Foreign Minister, Rashid Meredov, to discuss a list of pending bilateral issues, including the present imbroglio over the diplomatic bags. The Foreign Minister took the opportunity to recap 2008 achievements in the bilateral relationship, s [...]	2009-02-02 13:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ADPM TX
09ASHGABAT1620	MEDVEDEV TO VISIT ASHGABAT ON DECEMBER 22 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Medvedev confirmed that his next visit to Turkmenistan will take place on December 22 during a phone conversation with President Berdimuhamedov on December 15. According to Turkmen media reports, Medvedev will hol [...]	2009-12-16 12:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV RS TX
09ASHGABAT1621	TURKMENISTAN: HARASSED AUTHOR STILL WRITING...BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Award-winning Turkmen author Rakhim Esenov continues to write, although there is little chance that his latest literary works, based on the lives of Soviet Turkmen heros, will be published any time soon. He continues to suffer from government harassment, such as telephone monit [...]	2009-12-17 03:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL KIRF PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1622	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL SETTING UP SHOP IN [...] (C) On December 15, EconOff met with ExxonMobil representatives tasked with opening an office in Ashgabat. Company reps expressed frustration with finding available office space in the Turkmen capital, adding that they did not find anyone who seemed "excited to rent." They asserted that they [...]	2009-12-17 03:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1623	TURKMENISTAN: PRM TAFT GRANT-FUNDED VOCATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On December 11, poloff and political assistant attended the opening of three vocational training workshops funded by a Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration Julia Taft Refugee Fund grant, the first such grant pr [...]	2009-12-17 03:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1624	TURKMENISTAN: ROMANIAN RELATIONSHIP STRONGER [...] (C) On December 14, Poloff met with Romanian Embassy Political Officer Laurentiu Ciocan to discuss Romania's relationship with Turkmenistan. Ciocan described relations as limited, especially in the economic arena. There is only one Romanian company in Turkmenistan with Romanian employees -- [...]	2009-12-17 08:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL MD RO TX
09ASHGABAT1625	GOVERNMENT WORKERS SLEEPLESS IN ASHGABAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Long working hours are the norm for Turkmen government employees. Few agencies compensate their staff for overtime. Some higher-level officials bring bedding from home for the long nights at the office. On the [...]	2009-12-17 11:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1626	TURKMENISTAN: KEEPING UP APPEARANCES AT AVAZA [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmen Government media depict the newly developed Avaza resort on the Caspian Sea as a popular, year-round vacation spot. However, the climate on the Caspian is not conducive to winter seaside vacations. In the absenc [...]	2009-12-17 11:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1627	TURKMENISTAN: MORE CHINESE LOANS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 13, Turkmen and Chinese officials signed a number of intergovernmental agreements stipulating that the Chinese government will provide soft loans to Turkmenistan through China's Export-Import Bank. According to [...]	2009-12-17 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV EFIN CH TX
09ASHGABAT1628	TURKMENISTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following paragraph is Embassy Ashgabat's submission for the 2009 country terrorism report (reftel). 2. Since the September 2008 violence in Ashgabat's Khitrovka neighborhood, the Turkmenistan Government has not reported any other violent incidents. The government maintains a military- [...]	2009-12-18 08:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL TX
09ASHGABAT163	TURKMENISTAN: PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY--THE GOOD, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008, the Turkmenistan government kicked off a wide array of development projects, under the auspices of a 2007 National Development Program, which was designed to refurbish crumbling Soviet era infrastructure [...]	2009-02-03 09:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1630	TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH ASSISTANCE PROMOTES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA) has a wide range of programs in Turkmenistan, including healthcare, education, law enforcement, agriculture, and tourism. The TIKA Turkmenistan country representative described the agriculture and tourism project [...]	2009-12-18 09:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SOCI TU TX
09ASHGABAT1633	BERDIMUHAMEDOV AND TURKMENISTANâ€™S RULING FAMILY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmen President Berdimuhammedov is vain, fastidious, vindictive, a micro-manager, and a bit of an Ahal Teke "nationalist." He also is the only son in a family of eight children. His father is a retired prison guard with the rank of colonel. The father, many in Turkmenistan think, is [...]	2009-12-18 13:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TX
09ASHGABAT1634	TURKMENISTAN: NO RACE TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL AUTO [...] (C) On December 18, EconOff attended the International Automotive Exhibition in Ashgabat. Despite, a growing number of auto enthusiasts in Ashgabat, there was poor attendance by auto industry representatives and by the public. The Exhibition was opened by the Deputy Chairman for Education, H [...]	2009-12-18 14:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ELTN BTIO EINV ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1635	TURKMENISTAN: PROJECTS TO HELP REFUGEES STILL NEEDED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) On December 16 the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA),briefed a donors meeting about achievements from the project "Improvement of the Quality of Reproductive Health and Socia [...]	2009-12-18 14:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI UN TX
09ASHGABAT1642	TURKMENISTAN: OFFICIALS RAID BAPTIST CHURCH [...] (C) Shohrat Shirmedov, son of the pastor of the Iman Yoly (Path of Faith) Baptist church in Dashoguz, came to the Embassy to relate events that took place at his church in Dashoguz on Sunday, December 20. Shirmedov said that church members, all ethnic Turkmen, were at the place where they wor [...]	2009-12-21 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1643	ASHGABAT'S PRICEY WHITE MARBLE DECOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In the mid 1990s, the late Turkmen President Niyazov ordered that each newly-built, multistoried house or office building be decked with white marble siding, in order to beautify Turkmen cities, especially Ashgabat. Althou [...]	2009-12-22 05:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EMIN BBSR BEXP BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1645	TURKMENISTAN: DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS STILL [...] (SBU) We met December 21 with Tim Baerwald and Silvia De Weerdt, Head of Mission and Medical Coordinator, respectively, for Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders). Baerwald and De Weerdt are in Ashgabat for a six week-period to try to conclude negotiations on an agreement on [...]	2009-12-22 12:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1646	TURKMENISTAN: CHANGE IN VISA REGIME WITH [...] (SBU) On December 13, the day before the opening of the Turkmenistan-China pipeline, President Karimov of Uzbekistan had official meetings with Turkmenistan President Berdimuhamedov in Ashgabat. The presidents signed four documents, including a joint communiqu and a cooperation agreement betw [...]	2009-12-22 14:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UZ TX
09ASHGABAT1647	TURKMEN AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS INAUGURATE NEW SCHOOL [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 22, President of the Russian Federation Dmitriy Medvedev visited Ashgabat to hold bilateral talks with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and to attend the opening ceremony for the new [...]	2009-12-23 03:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI RS TX
09ASHGABAT1648	TURKMENISTAN: UNODC LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Ashgabat held its last 2009 law enforcement coordination meeting on December 18th. Ministries and agencies members of the National Drug Control Committee f [...]	2009-12-23 06:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV SNAR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1652	TURKMENISTAN: POST HOSTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP [...] (C) On December 22, Post hosted a roundtable to discuss entrepreneurial issues in Turkmenistan with private, independent Turkmen business people. The roundtable was held in accordance with action items per reftel. Turkmen entrepreneurs who participated in the roundtable are successful, wealt [...]	2009-12-23 11:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINV BEXP BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1654	TURKMENISTAN AND RUSSIA AGREE ON GAS, BUT HOW [...] (C) Turkmen media announced on December 22 that the Turkmen state-owned gas company Turkmengaz and Russia's Gazprom signed a document, amending the 2009 natural gas sale and purchase contract to include 2010 transactions. In addition, Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov and Russian President Med [...]	2009-12-23 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO RS TX
09ASHGABAT1655	TURKMENISTAN: LACK OF RULE OF LAW IN A HOUSING CASE [...] (C) Muhammet Kelemenov, a Turkmen citizen and former doctor, came into the Embassy on December 23 to ask for help with an ongoing case to repossess his house. He said that he had purchased his house in the Kopetdag district of Ashgabat in 1997, and had been living there without any problems un [...]	2009-12-23 13:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1656	TURKMENISTAN: ANY GAS LEFT FOR NABUCCO? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The commissioning of the Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan - China gas pipeline (ref A) and the recent Turkmen-Russian decision to resume gas supplies to Russia (ref B) triggered international media speculatio [...]	2009-12-24 03:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PGOV EINV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1657	TURKMENISTAN TOUTS PARTICIPATION IN CIS SUMMIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Berdimuhamedov on December 19 took part in a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) informal meeting in Kazakhstan, at Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev's dacha in the village of Akbulak. Turkmen media reported tha [...]	2009-12-24 03:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ZK TX
09ASHGABAT1660	TURKMENISTAN: LOCALS STRUGGLE ON SMALL SALARIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) Despite Turkmenistan's widely published wealth from hydrocarbon sales, the average salary in Turkmenistan is estimated to be about $200 per month. The average retirement pension is $50-$60 per month, and the average welfare ben [...]	2009-12-24 07:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1662	TURKMENISTAN: DECEMBER 25 MEETING WITH FM MEREDOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov requested a meeting with Charge on December 25. Meredov said Turkmenistan would welcome increased visits from U.S. officials, including from Congress and other cabinet departments. Regarding the upcoming Bilateral Forum, Meredov [...]	2009-12-28 10:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF MARR TX
09ASHGABAT1665	TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO JAPAN NOT A PANACEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmen media spent several days giving headline coverage to President Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to Japan. Although they painted the trip as successful, a Japanese Embassy official was more cautious, saying that the visit was more productive economically than politically. Eve [...]	2009-12-29 09:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETRD PREL JA TX
09ASHGABAT1666	TURKMENISTAN AND THE NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent by the city of Ashgabat each year to decorate the Turkmen capital for New Year's celebrations. Locals have observed that this year there are more l [...]	2009-12-29 12:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT1667	TURKMENISTAN: PROTESTANT CHURCH HOLDS CHRISTMAS [...] (C) On December 28, poloff attended a special Christmas holiday service organized by the registered Greater Grace Church, which is affiliated with a Baltimore-based organization of the same name (Ref A). The church had sent a glossy printed holiday greeting card and invitation to the Embassy [...]	2009-12-29 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1669	TURKMENISTAN: DESERT INSTITUTE OPEN TO SCIENTIFIC [...] (SBU) Poloff on December 29 met with the director of the Turkmenistan National Institute of Deserts, Flora, and Fauna, one of his deputies, and a deputy minister of the Turkmenistan Ministry of Nature Protection to discuss possible future joint projects that might fulfill the goals of Presiden [...]	2009-12-30 07:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID OSCI SENV TSPL PREL PGOV UN TX
09ASHGABAT1670	TURKMENISTAN: RESTAURANTS AND CAFES ORDERED CLOSED [...] (C) Private restaurants and cafes in Ashgabat have been closing their doors, reportedly at the unwritten order of Turkmen government officials. Embassy staff have reported that most restaurants in downtown Ashgabat are closed, during what is usually the busiest time of the year for restaurants [...]	2009-12-30 08:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR TX
09ASHGABAT1671	TURKMENISTAN: NEARING END OF STUDENT SAGA? [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 09:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TX
09ASHGABAT1672	TURKMENISTAN: A BILLION DOLLAR LOAN FROM IDB [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmen media reported last week that the Turkmen Government is in the process of preparing loan agreements with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to finance nine projects totaling $950 million. The IDB will provide loans [...]	2009-12-30 10:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV EFIN TX
09ASHGABAT1673	TURKMENISTAN: ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT RESTRICTION ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Traffic police posted in Ashgabat's southern outskirts reportedly have instructions to prohibit cars from entering the city if the drivers cannot produce a title for the car with their name on it. Many drivers do not have le [...]	2009-12-30 10:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1674	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON GICNT AMENDED TERMS OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 12:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC TX
09ASHGABAT1675	DRUGS IN TURKMENISTAN: BURN, BABY, BURN [...] (SBU) On December 24, Poloff attended a drug burning ceremony run by the Turkmenistan State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS) in cooperation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Turkmenistan conducts these ceremonies twice a year, and, according to government officials, burns all the [...]	2009-12-30 12:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI UN TX
09ASHGABAT1676	TURKMENISTAN: PROSPECTS FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Turkmenistan possesses substantial hydrocarbon resources, the Turkmen Government has recently started paying more attention to alternative energy sources. President Berdimuhamedov has on numerous occasions [...]	2009-12-31 06:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1679	TURKMENISTAN: SHOW ME THE NEW MONEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The Turkmen Central Bank appears to have successfully phased in its redenominated currency (the Turkmen manat) over the last year, in accordance with an order to do so by President Berdimuhamedov in January 2009. In a [...]	2009-12-31 06:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT168	TURKMENISTAN: ABA-CEELI LOOKS TO EXPAND PROGRAMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two ABA-CEELI staff attorneys recently provided an overview of their organization's past and present activities in Turkmenistan, as well as possible future endeavors. With a ten year in-country track record, ABA-CEELI has most recently been involved in providing free legal consu [...]	2009-02-03 12:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1680	GENDER REALITY IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Constitution and the law on state guarantees of equality of women provide for equal rights for women and men, however, in practice women do not always enjoy equal rights. Turkmen authorities [...]	2009-12-31 07:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PGOV PHUM KDEM SCUL TX
09ASHGABAT17	REDENOMINATION OF NATIONAL CURRENCY IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 1, 2009 the Government of Turkmenistan began a redenomination of its national currency, the Manat (TM). The new currency, or Denominated Turkmen Manat (DTM),maintains the U.S. dollar exchange rate established in the summer of 2008 (Ref. A). Current USD-TM exchange r [...]	2009-01-07 04:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN AMGT AFIN TX
09ASHGABAT170	FACULTY EXCHANGE PROGRAM: MEETING WITH THE RECTOR OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) ACTION REQUEST: THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See para. 8. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Agriculture University Rector, Gurbandurdy Mammedgulyev, agreed to arrange classes for Faculty Exchange Program-sponsored University of Nevada, [...]	2009-02-04 03:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT172	TURKMENISTAN: STATE COUNTER NARCOTICS AGENCY SAYS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) In a February 2 meeting, the acting director of the State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS),Serdar Batyrov, told Political Officer and DEA Dushanbe Special Agent (SA) (currently temporarily assigned to Ashgabat) that hi [...]	2009-02-04 05:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT178	TURKMENISTAN CHARGES FEES FOR OVERFLIGHT [...] (C) Post has received a letter from the Turkmenhowayollary State Civil Aviation Service. The letter, dated January 28, claims that the United States Air Force and the Department of Defense owes Turkmenhowayollary $4,200 and 20,000 Euros for overflight of aircraft. Attached to the letter are 2 [...]	2009-02-04 11:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MASS TX
09ASHGABAT179	UZBEK DIPLOMAT EXPLORES U.S. BUSINESS EXPERIENCE [...] (C) Uzbek Embassy Consul, Abdulmajid Dusimov (please protect),said in a meeting on February 3 that Uzbek Embassies are looking for successful examples of international investments, and that he wanted to discuss with Economic Officer the U.S. experience in Turkmenistan. Further clarification [...]	2009-02-04 11:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EIND CVIS TX UZ
09ASHGABAT180	TURKMENISTAN: 2009 PRIORITIES FOR OSCE CENTER'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 11:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT181	UNDP PLAYS UP ITS SPECIAL ROLE IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an introductory meeting with Charge on January 29, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative, Richard Young, and Deputy Resident Representative, Inita Paulovica, outlined current UNDP pro [...]	2009-02-04 11:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT182	TURKMENISTAN: OIL AND GAS CHAIRMAN OFFERS LITTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During recent days, both the Charge and also Chevron's Country Manager met with Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tagiyev to get a better sense of Turkmen Government interest in working with large U.S. energy companies. Although both meetings were conducted in a positive atmosph [...]	2009-02-04 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ENRG UN TX
09ASHGABAT185	UNHCR SEMINAR ON IMPROVEMENT OF TURKMENISTAN'S REFUGEE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 4, Embassy's Political Assistant attended a seminar on Improvement of Turkmenistan's Refugee Legislation held at the Turkmen National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR). The event was [...]	2009-02-05 09:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL UNHCR TX
09ASHGABAT188	TURKMENISTAN'S TROUBLING DRUG ADDICTION PROBLEM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Summary: The fact that Turkmenistan suffers from a serious heroin addiction problem (10 percent of the population, according to the World Health Organization),is something that the Turkmen Government has barely begun to ack [...]	2009-02-06 05:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL IR TX
09ASHGABAT189	TURKMENISTAN: INDIAN AMBASSADOR: MUSLIMS LOOK TO [...] (SBU) In a 4 February meeting with the Charge, India's Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Mohammed Afzal, emphasized that Muslims everywhere are "looking with great hope to President Obama" for a positive change in their relationship with the U.S. Speaking, "from my own perspective as an Indian Musl [...]	2009-02-06 07:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT190	TURKMENISTAN: DECREPIT ASHGABAT GLASS FACTORY [...] As part of Post's language program, a small group of Embassy Officers on January 30 visited a small glass factory still operating in the heart of Ashgabat. The Saparmurat Niyazov Glass Factory, located just a few miles from the Embassy, has been in operation since 1936. According to its cu [...]	2009-02-06 07:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EIND TX
09ASHGABAT191	TURKMENISTAN: JANUARY MEDIA REACTION, MIXED RESULTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In January, state media highlighted some Embassy events, but at times, omitted any mention of a U.S. role. State media were reluctant to cover donations of musical instruments to local schools, although anything [...]	2009-02-06 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT194	TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY OFFICIALS LEAVE US GUESSING [...] (SBU) Poloff met on February 5 with Deputy Minister for Oil and Gas Industry and Mineral Resources Nedirov and officials from the Turkmen State Gas Concern to discuss the status of talks and agreements on development of a Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Turkmen offic [...]	2009-02-06 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EPET TX AF IN PK
09ASHGABAT195	TURKMENISTAN: INVITATION TO SECRETARY OF ENERGY TO [...] (U) On February 4, post received the following invitation for the Secretary of Energy to attend a ministerial-level, Government of Turkmenistan-sponsored international energy transit conference in Ashgabat, April 23-24. The following is the text of the invitation, followed by information about [...]	2009-02-06 13:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT197	POLIMEKS IN TURKMENISTAN WOULD BE A HARD ACT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The largest Turkish construction firm active in Turkmenistan, Polimeks, has set up a communications subsidiary -- Policom. The company's General Manager said that these companies begin work on projects without contracts, and made it clear that this is possible because Polimek [...]	2009-02-09 12:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND EAID ETRD SOCI ECON TX TU
09ASHGABAT198	TURKMENISTAN: UNDP ENCOURAGES DONOR COORDINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting, the local United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Deputy Representative mentioned her organization's "privileged access" to work with the Turkmen in some areas of Government reform. She contrasted this with the Turkmen Government's wariness about U.S. assis [...]	2009-02-09 12:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID UNDP TX
09ASHGABAT199	TURKMENISTAN - AFGHANISTAN ELECTRICITY TALKS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 3-5, Afghanistan's Minister of Energy and Water Resources Mohammad Ismail Khan led a delegation to Ashgabat to discuss potential increased electricity exports to Afghanistan. After meeting with recent [...]	2009-02-09 12:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT2	: TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your visit to Turkmenistan follows the visit of Lieutenant General John Allen, Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command [...]	2009-01-05 06:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASHGABAT20	TURKMENISTAN: DECEMBER MEDIA REACTION - PRODUCTIVE STATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State media coverage of post events was positive in December. In fact, in some cases, such as holiday messages, the Embassy had a higher profile than other foreign missions in country. In one case, post was able [...]	2009-01-07 12:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT200	TURKMENISTAN'S NEW BORDER SERVICE CHIEF HAS CLOSE [...] (C) President Berdimuhamedov's January 21 appointment of then State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS) Chief, Murad Islamov, to become the head of the State Border Service was yet another career boost for Islamov. It has become apparent that he is a government player who holds the confidence of [...]	2009-02-09 12:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT201	TURKMENISTAN: MEJLIS COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent meeting with two Parliamentary Committee Chairmen revealed that the socioeconomic and international relations committees will be revising the laws on labor, customs, citizenship and emigration, but the timing for completing the revisions remained unclear. Little els [...]	2009-02-09 12:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT202	TURKMENISTAN: DIPLOMATIC POUCH ISSUE RESOLVED [...] (C) On February 5, the Embassy was able to resolve a contretemps regarding the diplomatic pouch that had started two weeks before when the Customs Department at the Ashgabat airport started to insist that the Embassy send diplomatic notes in order to receive or send the diplomatic pouch. L de [...]	2009-02-09 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AGMT ADPM TX
09ASHGABAT203	TURKMENISTAN: SOUTH KOREAN COMMERCIAL INTERESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Korean Ambassador Chong Yul Kim described bilateral relations between his country and Turkmenistan as growing, although at a more modest pace than South Korean companies would prefer. Although Turkmen Government agencies have been engaged in commercial relationships wi [...]	2009-02-09 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EPET KS TX
09ASHGABAT204	IRAN: TURKMEN SCHOLAR SEES CHANGES IN IRAN [...] (C) A prominent Persian language scholar with close ties to Iranian academics told Iran Watcher this week that he fears that vote-rigging, similar to what was alleged to have occurred in the 2005 Iranian Presidential elections, will determine the outcome of Iran's Presidential election in Jun [...]	2009-02-09 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT205	UNHCR HOLDS SEMINAR ON STATELESSNESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a February 6 seminar for Government officials on the improvement of legislation on statelessness, a UNHCR expert explained the international legal framework of citizenship rights and prevention of statelessn [...]	2009-02-10 05:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF UNHCR TX
09ASHGABAT206	"EXPO BUILD 2009" EXHIBITION IN ASHGABAT, 5-7 FEBRUARY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Fifty Turkish firms and companies displayed technology, equipment, expertise and construction products at an exhibition held in Ashgabat from February 5-7. The exhibition received the usual amount of attention fr [...]	2009-02-10 09:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ETRD TX TU
09ASHGABAT207	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. HYDROCARBON SERVICE COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. energy development services company, Weatherford, is continuing to enjoy success in Turkmenistan, and has recently shifted from subcontracting work for big foreign oil companies to working directly with Turkmen Government enterprises, according to its country manager. [...]	2009-02-10 09:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT208	TURKMENISTAN: PENTECOSTALS IN ABADAN CONTINUE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: After two years and eight applications, a small Pentecostal group in Abadan continues to wait to be registered. Among the faithful, hope springs eternal and a recent postponement of a meeting at the Ministry of Justice was viewed as a good sign -- at least the application was not [...]	2009-02-10 09:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT209	TURKMENISTAN: ALL EYES ARE ON THE RED CAYENNE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) The first Porsche Cayenne V8 SUV, with a reported purchase price of $93,000, has been seen cruising the streets of Ashgabat the past few weeks, attracting much attention. It is the first privately-owned vehicle of its kind - [...]	2009-02-10 13:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT21	TURKMENISTAN LAUNCHES NEW TV CHANNEL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan launched a new TV channel "Turkmen Owazy" (Turkmen Melody) on January 1. The channel runs 24/7, carrying various musical programming and represents a slight expansion in the cultural space and collabor [...]	2009-01-07 12:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT211	TURKMENISTAN: THE STATE OF HEALTHCARE UNDER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmen Government has introduced a service-for-fee scheme in the medical industry with a view towards gradual commercialization of the public healthcare sector. It is attempting to keep the free health servi [...]	2009-02-11 07:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON TX
09ASHGABAT212	TURKMENISTAN UNICEF DIRECTOR PROPOSES DIRECTION [...] (C) On February 6, Charge met with resident UNICEF Director, Abdul Alim, to discuss UNICEF's upcoming five-year country strategy document. In the course of the discussion, Alim, a citizen of Pakistan, turned to his views on the "war for the hearts and minds" of the Islamic world, specifically [...]	2009-02-11 13:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KIRF PK TX
09ASHGABAT215	TURKMENISTAN: TRAFFICKING 101: PROSECUTING [...] (SBU) In preparing Post,s submission of the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, Poloff met this week with representatives of the General Prosecutor,s office in Ashgabat to raise a number of the questions posed in Ref A. It was Post's first consultation with the prosecutor,s office for [...]	2009-02-12 14:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG TX
09ASHGABAT218	TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: WEAPONS FOUND HIDDEN IN IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) A Turkmen customs official told an Embassy LES on February 13 that an Iranian Embassy diplomatic container with AK-47's, sniper rifles and ammunition hidden in it had been discovered one week earlier at the Serdar Uli (Gaudan) customs point in Ashgabat, where vehicles and containers ar [...]	2009-02-13 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET//NOFORN	IR PGOV PREL PTER TX
09ASHGABAT219	TURKMENISTAN: GRAIN ASSOCIATION TOUTS ROLE IN FEEDING THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 9 meeting with Economic Officer, Grain Association Chairman, Atamurat Altybayev, praised Turkmenistan's 1,000,000 ton grain harvest and said that Turkmenistan is self-sufficient in grain and flour. [...]	2009-02-17 04:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON TX
09ASHGABAT23	TURKMENISTAN: HOW MUCH WILL THE RUSSIANS PAY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: There has been no confirmation in Ashgabat that the 2009 price for gas sales to Russia has been set. Moreover, notwithstanding past Gazprom statements about paying "European prices" in 2009, practical considerations suggest that a figure in the USD 300 per tcm range would be exces [...]	2009-01-08 05:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL RU TX
09ASHGABAT230	TURKMENISTAN: BRANCH OF RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ashgabat branch of the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas has been operational for almost six months, but little is known about how it is functioning. Its continued development into a legitimate educational institution that will serve the needs of the energy sect [...]	2009-02-17 10:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ENRG UN TX
09ASHGABAT231	TURKISH DIPLOMAT DESCRIBES RISKS AND COMPLEXITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A February 12 conversation with the Turkish Third Secretary yielded interesting insights on corruption and market access, the legal complexities of doing business here, and the role that intergovernmental economic commissions play in making it less risky for Turkmen officials t [...]	2009-02-17 10:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ETRD TX TU
09ASHGABAT235	TURKMEN PREFERENCES MAY DETERMINE THE FORM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Longtime resident and EU TACIS program coordinator Michael Wilson,s contacts and knowledge of business activities in Turkmenistan give him a bird,s eye view of energy sector development. On February 11 he shared his perspectives on the dramas that are currently unfolding as th [...]	2009-02-17 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX CH
09ASHGABAT236	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: IRAN,S AMBASSADOR ON THE EVE OF [...] (U) The Russian-language "Neytralniy Turkmenistan" published an interview on February 11 with Iran's Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Mohammad-Reza Forqani. The interview focused almost exclusively on economic and trade topics, avoiding anything even remotely controversial such as the Iranian nucle [...]	2009-02-17 13:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT237	TURKMENISTAN: FEBRUARY 19 FLAG DAY HOLIDAY BRINGS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The February 17 issue of state-controlled newspaper "Neytralniy Turkmenistan" reported that, during the February 16 meeting of the State Security Council, President Berdimuhamedov signed a decree to release prisoners in hon [...]	2009-02-18 12:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT238	IRAN: TEHRAN PHYSICIAN COMMENTS ON EVERYDAY LIFE [...] (C) Iran Watcher recently met with a Turkmenistan-trained physician who has lived and worked in Iran for most of the last ten years. XXXXXXXXXXXX, originally from Ashgabat, has practiced medicine in Tehran since settling there with her husband, the son of a retired XXXXXXXXXXXX. They recently [...]	2009-02-18 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT239	TURKMENISTAN: PUBLIC BUSES IN MARY AWAIT PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Two hundred brand-new Russian buses sit parked in a Ministry of Transportation parking lot in Mary Province awaiting President Berdimuhamedov's official "inauguration" before they can be put into service. The Preside [...]	2009-02-18 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT24	TURKMENISTAN: A FIRST LOOK AT THE COMPOSITION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A picture is beginning to form of the group of deputies that will comprise the new Mejlis, set to meet for the first time on January 9. Chairman Nurberdiyeva and her deputy, Kasymguly Babayev, have retained th [...]	2009-01-08 05:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT244	TURKMENISTAN: AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) On February 20, DCM discussed reftel policy review with MFA Americas Department Chief Serdar Bashimov. Bashimov seemed gratified that the United States was inviting Turkmenistan's input. He said such a review, which sought the views of regional partners, was a "wise and correct" approach [...]	2009-02-20 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK TX
09ASHGABAT248	TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) The Turkmen Government announced earlier this month that President Berdimuhamedov had signed a decree allowing the state chemical concern "Turkmenkhimiya" to enter into a contract with Ekomet-S of Russia for the transfer and burial of radioactive waste. The waste was reportedly produced at [...]	2009-02-24 04:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	IR PGOV PHUM RS TX

09ASHGABAT251	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 09:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TX
09ASHGABAT254	TURKMENISTAN: RESIDENTS AND ENTREPRENEURS IN MARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Food processors from around Mary province told Economic Officer that they need capital to increase their manufacturing capacities. Accepting Turkmen Government equipment would force them to hand over all food production to the Government, thus severely reducing their profits. Th [...]	2009-02-24 11:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EAID BTIO SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT255	TURKMENISTAN: CULTURAL NORMS IMPACT BUSINESS [...] (C) The Amcit General Manager at Bertling Logistics in Ashgabat talked with Political Officers on February 18 about how foreign companies get their feet in the door with the Turkmen Government. He argued that having the support of high-level government officials from a foreign company's home [...]	2009-02-24 11:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ENRG UN TX TU
09ASHGABAT256	READOUT FROM EMBASSY ASHGABAT LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Post,s Law Enforcement Working Group held its quarterly meeting on February 17, chaired by the DCM. DEA, POL/ECON (INL),DATT, RSO, EXBS and POL/MIL updated the group on their sections, activities in coordination with Turkmen law enforcement entities. DEA PRESENCE EXTENDED 2. (C) DE [...]	2009-02-24 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT258	TURKMENISTAN: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] The Government of Turkmenistan was informed about the 2009 Special 301 review process by means of diplomatic note delivered on February 4. Post has received no response from the Turkmen Government. Post recommends keeping Turkmenistan on the 2009 Special 301 Watch List and suggests including [...]	2009-02-25 11:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ETRD KIPR TX
09ASHGABAT260	TURKMENISTAN: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with State Department assistance officials, the Chairman of the Central Elections Commission spoke at length about Turkmenistan's progress in reforming its electoral process, evidenced by the conduct of recent parliamentary elections. He showed no interest in assist [...]	2009-02-26 04:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT262	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT MAY BE AVOIDING U.S. AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bertling Amcit Logistic General Manager, a longtime Ashgabat resident, shared news he had heard about a potential new government policy on Italian and U.S. energy majors being kept out of the running on field development, and also shared his views on how to bring Turkmenist [...]	2009-02-26 07:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT263	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 07:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID SL TX
09ASHGABAT264	TURKMENISTAN: FORENSICS OFFICIALS HAVE THEIR OWN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 13:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT266	TURKMENISTAN: HOW SOME FOREIGN COMPANIES GAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Perhaps the single greatest challenge in seeking to do business in Turkmenistan is the lack of access to the people empowered to make decisions about commercial contracts here, particularly those involving infrastructural and energy sector development. Most companies have come [...]	2009-02-27 10:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV KCOR TX
09ASHGABAT267	TURKMENISTAN: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ABOUT A [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Amcit Managing Director for Global Solutions of U.S. company, Tyco Telecommunications, and Mamia Sanadiradze, CEO of Georgian partner Caucasus Online, said in a meeting with Economic Officer on February 22 that they [...]	2009-02-27 12:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TBIO TX GG
09ASHGABAT268	TURKMENISTAN: CASE NEW HOLLAND DISCUSSES [...] (C) Case New Holland's Business Director for Central Asia, Tom Davies (please protect),said in a meeting on February 10 that the company is planning to open a representative office in Ashgabat this year. He also confirmed that the contract decision-making process is taking longer and longer [...]	2009-02-27 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND TX UZ
09ASHGABAT269	TURKMENISTAN'S SUPREME COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public I 2. (SBU) In a meeting on February 20, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology, Akjeren Allanurova, and Head of the Council's Research Forecasting and International Relations Departments, Orazmamed Vasov, said that [...]	2009-02-27 12:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER EPA
09ASHGABAT270	U.S. AGRICULTURE ECONOMISTS CONCLUDE SUCCESSFUL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The visit of two professors from the University of Nevada, Reno College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources to teach seminars at the Agriculture University was successful, with groundwork laid for [...]	2009-02-27 12:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID TX
09ASHGABAT271	MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND DVELOPMENT OFFICIALS SAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from the Ministry of Economy and Development said that Turkmenistan has not been affected by the worldwide economic crisis, and furthermore, listed many "improvements" in the country's economic and busin [...]	2009-02-27 12:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR EFIN EIND TX
09ASHGABAT272	GERMAN FIRM WORKING WITH TURKMENISTAN -- ALLEGEDLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German consulting firm Goetzpartners is advising the Government of Turkmenistan on economic development and strategic planning. Sectors of focus include tourism, textiles, education, and infrastructure. The German Ambassador claimed that he doesn't know anything about the ag [...]	2009-02-27 13:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TRD SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT273	TURKMENISTAN: REVIEW OF U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS IZ TX
09ASHGABAT277	OVERVIEW OF REFUGEE SITUATION IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the UNHCR Representative in Turkmenistan, refugees who arrived from Tajikistan during the 1990's have either returned home or been granted citizenship. Integration of the largely ethnic Turkmen [...]	2009-03-02 12:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF UNHCR TX
09ASHGABAT283	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY WAS THE FOCUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ashgabat-based diplomats with close ties to the Iranian Embassy say that increased energy cooperation was the focus of talks between President Berdimuhamedov and Iranian leaders during a February 13-15 visit to Tehran. In addition to an energy pact, in which Iran reportedly agree [...]	2009-03-02 12:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT284	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY WAS THE FOCUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ashgabat-based diplomats with close ties to the Iranian Embassy say that increased energy cooperation was the focus of talks between President Berdimuhamedov and Iranian leaders during a February 13-15 visit to Tehran. In addition to an energy pact, in which Iran reportedly agree [...]	2009-03-02 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT285	Ashgabat: Request to Remove Article 14 from Model Lease [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) ACTION REQUEST: This is a time sensitive action request for permission to remove Article 14, Disputes Resolution, from Post's residential leases in order to continue normal leasing operations. See para. 8. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY [...]	2009-03-03 03:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ABLD TX
09ASHGABAT288	TURKMENISTAN: POSITIVE SITUATION FOR EVANGELICALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An evangelical pastor in Turkmenabat recently reported that things have gone well for his church since it completed its registration process last year. The church holds a weekly service in a rented meeting room. He said the church has many Muslim converts to Christianity who fe [...]	2009-03-03 11:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT289	TURKMENISTAN: BUSINESS BOOMING FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The deputy director of a growing Turkmenabat privately-held company attributed its success to the founder's technical savvy and the stability of its workforce. Engaged in a wide range of activities, most prominent [...]	2009-03-03 13:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT291	TURKMENISTAN: WINTERSHALL MANAGER REPORTS LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: German energy company Wintershall's general manager, Kal Sandhu, talked with poloff on March 2 about the company's failure in 2008 to find hydrocarbons in two Caspian blocks. Although Wintershall continues to talk to Turkmen officials about onshore work, the discussions have m [...]	2009-03-04 05:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET GM TX
09ASHGABAT292	TURKMENISTAN: TRAFFIC POLICE PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) In 2008, the Turkmen government purchased 200 Mercedes-Benz vehicles for use as patrol cars, each costing EUR 70,000. The cars were equipped with law enforcement-related equipment by the State Road Patrol Service unde [...]	2009-03-04 07:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT294	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: MORE ON BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S TEHRAN [...] (C) The Charge met March 3 with Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang, who offered further insight on the implications of President Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to Tehran (reftel). (NOTE: Ambassador Lang is a fluent Farsi speaker who has spent time in both Iran and Afghanistan and wrote a doctoral [...]	2009-03-04 12:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT295	TURKMENISTAN: ROUNDTABLE ON IMPROVING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: TurkmenistanQs first seminar on the QImprovement of Penitentiary LegislationQ was held in Ashgabat on March 2. The meeting was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Institute for Democracy and [...]	2009-03-05 03:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT297	TURKMENISTAN: RFE/RL REPORTER IN LEBAP PROVINCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: RFE/RL reporter Osman Hallyev and his family continue to suffer harassment from the authorities. It has reached the point where most of his family members either have been dismissed from work or school, or believe they soon will be dismissed, making it impossible to live a norma [...]	2009-03-05 05:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT298	TURKMENISTAN: SAMPLING OF SELECTED MONTHLY EARNINGS - NOT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet publication. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In January 2009, the Turkmen government identified 2008 as a banner year in the economic health of the country, and increased local wages for its employees as well as other benefits by ten percent. The incr [...]	2009-03-05 08:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT299	TURKMENISTAN: UNEMPLOYMENT STILL THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Unemployment is still a major problem in Turkmenistan. President Berdimuhamedov's mandates, such as ending reductions in personnel in order to pay for wage increases and the reinstatement of ten years of schooli [...]	2009-03-05 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ECON TX
09ASHGABAT3	CORRUPTION IN TURKMENISTAN'S BUSINESS CIRCLES - THE MORE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's decrees promising support for small and medium businesses appear so far to have benefited only a select group of business people, mostly those with a familial relationship or close conne [...]	2009-01-05 06:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT300	TURKMENISTAN: JEHOVAH'S WITNESSESS STILL LACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 2, Turkmenistan's Jehovah's Witnesses resubmitted their registration application documents in a process that began in 1992. While the Jehovah's Witnesses have passed through many ups and downs during that time, the leader of the Jehovah's Witnesses' community considers [...]	2009-03-05 13:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT301	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. OIL AND GAS EQUIPMENT FIRM [...] (C) Poloff met on March 4 with Cameron country manager Gurban Seyitli to hear how things were going for the US-based oil and gas equipment company. Seyitli said the company's main contracting partner here is Turkmen State Oil Concern, for whom he claimed Cameron currently provides for 75 per [...]	2009-03-05 15:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT303	TURKMENISTAN: WHY ENGLISH MATTERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: English Language programs continue to play a vital role in achieving Embassy Ashgabat's MSP goals of assisting civil society development and promoting democratic and economic reforms in a predominantly Muslim countr [...]	2009-03-06 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT304	TURKMENISTAN: DOWN AND OUT IN TEJEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Poloff visited the town of Tejen (pop.52,000) this week to get a closer look at the place most people refer to as the "drug capital" of Turkmenistan. Located 200 kilometers south-west of Ashgabat not far from the Iranian bo [...]	2009-03-06 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT305	TURKMENISTAN: ICRC OFFICIALS NOT EXPECTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representatives are in Ashgabat to continue their discussions with the Turkmen Government regarding prison visits. After five years, it appears the two sides remain far from agreement, the main point of contention being one-on-one m [...]	2009-03-06 13:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT306	TURKMENISTAN: FEMALE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES RECEIVE CASH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Women in Turkmenistan have been given 40 manats ($14) each as a gift on the occasion of the forthcoming International Women's Day on March 8. The tradition of presenting women with monetary gifts was introduced by former Pre [...]	2009-03-06 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON TX
09ASHGABAT307	TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ON FISHING [...] On February 28, the Embassy received an announcement from the State Committee on Fishing Industry inviting participation in an international exhibition and conference on fishing industry to be held on October 8-10, 2009. 2. The original text of the announcement follows. BEGIN TEXT: D [...]	2009-03-09 02:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EIND ECON TX
09ASHGABAT31	TURKMENISTAN: CATHOLIC CHURCH COMFORTABLE, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge and poloff met with Father Andrzej Madej, the Charge at the Apostolic Nunciature, who also acts as the head of the Catholic Church, on January 6 to get an update on the church's activities and its ongoing [...]	2009-01-08 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF TX
09ASHGABAT311	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA COVERAGE OF EUR/ACE COORDINATOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daniel Rosenblum, Coordinator for U.S. Assistance in Europe and Eurasia visited Turkmenistan February 23-24, 2009, holding a number of meetings in Turkmenistan. State media inaccurately reported Rosenblum's title, which was then replicated in many outlets, including non-state [...]	2009-03-09 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT312	TURKMENISTAN: SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS WORKED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Seventh Day Adventist Church has a long history in Turkmenistan. Despite some persistent problems, a church leader described current relations with the authorities as "good, but not the best" that they could be. The church leader noted his own efforts to educate the authorit [...]	2009-03-09 13:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT315	TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS OPENS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an introductory meeting with the Charge on March 9, Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) Director, Shirin Ahmedova, highlighted the "positive and constructive" relations it enjoyed with USAID and [...]	2009-03-10 09:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT316	TURKMENISTAN INVITES PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL [...] On March 2, post received an invitation from the Ministry of Nature Protection via diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to participate in the international conference "Development of Pistachio Forest Plantations: Problems and their Solutions." The workshop will be conducted in [...]	2009-03-10 09:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT320	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON FEBRUARY POST EVENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In February, media provided generally accurate coverage of Post-conducted events. Embassy press releases played a large role in shaping the stories carried in state and non-state media. While one TV news program o [...]	2009-03-11 11:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT321	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS RECOMMENDATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-11 12:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT322	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Deputy Chairman of the Council on Religious Affairs (CRA),the Government supports the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on Religious Freedom, although resolution of these issues will take time and cannot be done from outside the country. He stressed t [...]	2009-03-12 03:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT323	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? IRAN [...] (C) The Iranian Minister of Oil, Gholam Nowzari, announced on March 5 that Iran may sue Turkmenistan for shutting off the supply of natural gas for three months last winter. According to Iran's Press TV, which first aired the story, Nozari said that Iran had created a special committee for tha [...]	2009-03-12 10:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT325	TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH ENERGY COMPANY LOTUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish-born Chairman of Lotus Enerji discussed the company's ongoing electricity, petrochemical and compressed natural gas refueling station projects, which are the first projects it has landed in Turkmenistan since its 2007 founding. The company has its eye on some potent [...]	2009-03-12 10:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT326	AUSTRALIAN PTROCHEMICALS FIRM TAKING A CLOSE LOOK [...] (C) An Australian trade delegation led by Australian Trade Commission Senior Commissioner for Russia and the CIS Dan Tebbutt told Economic Officer on March 10 that he observed, during a similar visit with Australian mining companies last year, that Turkmen officials from the mining sector wer [...]	2009-03-12 12:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EMIN EPET PREL TX AS
09ASHGABAT327	TURKMENISTAN: CHAIRMAN OF PARLIAMENT DESCRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mejlis (Parliament) Chairwoman Akja Nurberdiyeva described an ambitious agenda of legislative reform, including laws involving the economy, education, agriculture and the justice system. Revising legislation involves a wide-range of inputs from government agencies at various lev [...]	2009-03-12 12:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT328	ACCORDING TO TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF FINANCE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to one of the top officials at the Ministry of Finance, Turkmenistan's exchange rate will remain fixed for at least the next year in order to maintain stability and confidence among foreign investors. S [...]	2009-03-13 07:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN EPET ETRD TX RU IR
09ASHGABAT33	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: BACKGROUND ON TEHERAN MOU -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkish diplomat told Embassy Ashgabat's Iran Watcher on January 8 that recent announcements of expanded cooperation between Iran and Turkmenistan are more about the need to address the flow of Afghan opiates from Iran into Turkmenistan than anything else. Hakan Chengiz, the T [...]	2009-01-09 04:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR IR TX
09ASHGABAT330	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BABY BOOM BUT TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Alarmed at falling birth rates, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking new steps to encourage families to have more children. The government provides modest benefits for mothers and children, and is trying to come u [...]	2009-03-13 14:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI EAID TX
09ASHGABAT331	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BABY BOOM BUT TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Alarmed at falling birth rates, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking new steps to encourage families to have more children. The government provides modest benefits for mothers and children, and is trying to come u [...]	2009-03-13 15:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI EAID TX
09ASHGABAT332	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BABY BOOM BUT TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Alarmed at falling birth rates, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking new steps to encourage families to have more children. The government provides modest benefits for mothers and children, and is trying to come u [...]	2009-03-13 15:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI EAID TX
09ASHGABAT333	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BABY BOOM BUT TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Alarmed at falling birth rates, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking new steps to encourage families to have more children. The government provides modest benefits for mothers and children, and is trying to come u [...]	2009-03-13 15:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI EAID TX
09ASHGABAT334	THREE-DAY PRESIDENTIAL JUNKET IN TURKMENISTAN'S OUTBACK [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet publication. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In the course of a well publicized three day program beginning March 4, President Berdimuhamedov and a procession of government and diplomatic representatives traveled around Mary and Lebap Provinces to atten [...]	2009-03-13 15:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX TU FR
09ASHGABAT335	TURKMENISTAN: MICROFINANCE APPEARS INCREASINGLY POSSIBLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27, Turkmenistan's first-ever conference on microfinance was organized in Ashgabat by the UN Development Program (UNDP). Titled "Microfinance - A Tool to Enhance Private Sector Development in Turkmenis [...]	2009-03-13 15:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT337	TURKMENISTAN: BAPTISTS ENJOY A LIMITED SPHERE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Baptist Church in Ashgabat operates out of its own property, although efforts to transfer title officially to the church continue to be thwarted. The church's leader noted continuing restrictions on proselytizing, obtaining religious literature, and conducting camps for chil [...]	2009-03-13 15:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT338	TURKMENISTAN: UNODC SEEKING U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Project Coordinator for Turkmenistan, Ercan Saka, met with Politial Officer yesterday seeking financial support from INL for a proposed project at Farap, on the Uzbek border. Under the proposal, which has a budget of one million USD and is divided [...]	2009-03-13 15:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR UZ PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT339	TURKMENISTAN: ITALY - TURKMENISTAN RELATIONS - [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an Italian Embassy Moscow Counsellor, in Turkmenistan to advance the upcoming visit of a Deputy Foreign Minister, President Berdimuhamedov should visit Rome sometime in 2009. Hopefully, a Berdimuhamedov visit will give a kick start to bilateral relations, which the [...]	2009-03-13 15:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT344	TURKMENISTAN: NEWLY-ARRIVED AFGHAN DIPLOMAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A newly-arrived Afghan diplomat in Ashgabat recently shared his views about the current situation in Afghanistan. He stressed that there needs to be a focus on reconstruction, democratic government and an end to the interference in Afghan affairs emanating from Pakistan. Accordin [...]	2009-03-16 13:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF TX
09ASHGABAT35	TURKMENISTAN: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON MEJLIS [...] Post has gathereed biographic information, so far, on 61 of the 125 deputies elected December 14, 2008 to the Mejlis (parliament). This cable presents the bios for those repesenting Ashgabat City districts. The Parliament's opening session is on January 9. 2. District 1 - Gulgeldi Gulgel [...]	2009-01-09 12:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT350	TURKMENISTAN: UNRESOLVED OVERFLIGHT FEES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has banned the overflight of all USG aircraft not covered by our blanket overflight agreement until we pay overflight bills from 2007 and 2008. The U.S. Government does not pay overflight fees for state aircraft, but we may be able to resolve this issue with an "in-k [...]	2009-03-17 13:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL MARR TX
09ASHGABAT351	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 06:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN AF TX
09ASHGABAT352	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 06:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS TX
09ASHGABAT354	TURKMENISTAN: ALTHOUGH NO LONGER NUMEROUS, A [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the Bahai faith has a long history in Turkmenistan, Soviet-era repression reduced the once prominent community to a much smaller remnant. Since Turkmenistan's independence, the Bahai community's circumstances were at times difficult, but have rebounded since re-registratio [...]	2009-03-18 12:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT358	TURKMENISTAN: SMALL EVANGELICAL CHURCH FINDS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Church of Christ in Ashgabat is a small evangelical group founded by missionaries in the 1990s. The group has been registered for four years and rents a multi-purpose room in a commercial building where it holds its worship services, seminars, and youth activit [...]	2009-03-19 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT359	GOVERNMENT PROVIDES LEGAL CONSULTATIONS FOR TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) together with representatives from General Prosecutor's Office, Supreme Court and Ashgabat Lawyers' Association, organizes regular, free of charge legal consultations fo [...]	2009-03-19 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT36	REPRIMAND OF TURKMENISTAN'S COMMUNICATIONS [...] (U) President Berdimuhamedov reprimanded the Minister of Communications, Resulberdi Hojagurbanov, by a decree published in Neytralniy Turkmenistan on January 2, "for shortcomings in implementing the President's instructions for transmission of the New Year's greetings from the provinces." Th [...]	2009-01-09 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ECPS TX
09ASHGABAT365	TURKMENISTAN: OVERFLIGHT CAP ISSUE RAISED WITH MFA [...] (C) DCM raised on March 20 the cap on the number of overflights of U.S. humanitarian flights transiting Turkmenistan's airspace to Afghanistan with MFA America's Department Director, Serdar Bashimov. She noted that with the ramping up of operations in Afghanistan, the two sides needed to disc [...]	2009-03-20 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TX
09ASHGABAT368	TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FOR OIL AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with a visiting U.S. energy scholar, Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tagiyev emphasized the size of Turkmenistan's oil and gas resources and underscored the government's confidence that state enterprises will be able to manage the expense and complexity of developi [...]	2009-03-23 08:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT369	TURKMENISTAN'S OIL AND GAS MINISTER CONFIDENT THAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Turkmenistan's Minister of Oil and Gas, the country has abundant, as yet undeveloped, oil resources. He said his Ministry handles strategic planning for the hydrocarbon sector. Significant increases in gas production are planned and will be managed by state ente [...]	2009-03-23 08:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT370	TURKMENISTAN: IRANIANS TRAVEL EN MASSE TO ASHGABAT [...] (SBU) Hundreds of Iranian tourists from the northern city of Mashhad have arrived in Ashgabat to spend part or all of the Nowruz holidays. Most made the 140-mile trip from Iran's second largest city by bus as part of one of several organized tour groups and are staying at the city's moderatel [...]	2009-03-23 14:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT371	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON GICNT WORKSHOP IN SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 14:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC TX
09ASHGABAT372	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT PROVIDES UPDATE ON STATUS OF IPR [...] In a diplomatic note received on March 2, the Turkmenistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs conveyed to post an overview of intellectual property protection in Turkmenistan. A summary of the Russian language text is provided below. PATENT SYSTEM OF TURKMENISTAN 2. Since its independence, Tu [...]	2009-03-23 14:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ETRD KIPR TX
09ASHGABAT373	TURKMEN SUBBOTNIK CREATES A GREENER LANDSCAPE [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On the second weekend of March, President Berdimuhamedov gathered state employees and students, foreign diplomats and businessmen for a national "subbotnik" (Saturday workday) to plant trees around Ashgabat. [...]	2009-03-24 06:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT374	TURKMENISTAN OFFICIALS INVITE COOPERATION IN CARTOGRAPHY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, a geographic specialist with the Office of the Geographer met with officials of the State Enterprise for Caspian Sea Issues under the Ministry of Oil and Gas, and the Institute of Mapping and Cartograph [...]	2009-03-24 08:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PBTS TX
09ASHGABAT377	ENGINEERING FIRM KBR PROSPECTING FOR WORK IN [...] (C) On March 18, the Charge met with executives from the U.S. engineering and construction firm KBR, who came to Ashgabat to meet with Turkmenistan Government hydrocarbon sector officials. Although KBR has been active in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, supporting clients such as BP and Chevron, th [...]	2009-03-24 11:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT378	TURKMENISTAN: MILITARY CONSCRIPTS STILL PROVIDING [...] (U) The March 18 edition of Neytralniy Turkmenistan published a presidential decree ordering the call up of 18 year-old men here to fulfill their 18-month military service obligation. Young men can be drafted into the Army, Internal Affairs (MVD),National Security (MNB),Border Service, Mi [...]	2009-03-24 11:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT379	TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY DIRECTOR KAKAYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Director of the State Agency for the Management and Use of Hydrocarbons shared his thoughts on Turkmenistan's offshore and offshore development efforts, and explained the country's willingness to sign production sharing agreements (PSAs) with interested partner nations like [...]	2009-03-24 11:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX CH IR
09ASHGABAT38	TURKMENISTAN MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Minister of Communications, Resulberdi Hojagurbanov, said at a January 7 meeting with the Director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Europe and Eurasia, Daniel Stein, that the Ministry has great interest in [...]	2009-01-09 12:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECPS EIND TBIO TX
09ASHGABAT380	TURKMEN GAS DIRECTOR EXPOUNDS ON PRODUCTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The director of the Turkmen State Gas Concern (Turkmengas) recently described the company's responsibilities and activities, and discussed the Turkmenistan Government's hopes for development of its hydrocarbon resources. He indicated that Turkmengas is moving forward with the [...]	2009-03-24 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX CH RS
09ASHGABAT381	TURKMENISTAN: MFA SHARES PERSPECTIVE ON A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Hajiyev recently spoke to a U.S.-based scholar about Turkmenistan's goals in hosting the late April pipeline security conference. It is becoming more apparent that the Turkmen Government is laying the groundwork for the development of an international c [...]	2009-03-25 06:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX UN RS AJ
09ASHGABAT382	TURKMENISTAN: LAWYERS ASSOCIATIONS EVOLVE FROM SOVIET [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Registered by Turkmenistan's Ministry of Justice as a public organization, Lawyers Associations provide legal consultations and legal services to the public. Fees are flexible and geared towards the client's a [...]	2009-03-25 11:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KCOR ECON TX
09ASHGABAT386	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN SPEAKER APPROVED TO PREACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 30-member New Apostolic Church, registered since 2007, is able to conduct its worship services without difficulty, acording to its pastor. For the first time, the group has received permission from the government for the visit in April of a church leader from Germany. Althou [...]	2009-03-26 05:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT387	TURKMENISTAN: NOT WELL-MANAGED, BUT STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EBRD's country manager recently painted a fairly stable picture of Turkmenistan's financial condition, in spite of the continuing global crisis. The EBRD, though not a significant player here, is hoping to do more to promote the development of small- and medium-sized busin [...]	2009-03-26 05:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET EFIN EBRD TX RS
09ASHGABAT389	TURKMENISTAN: BURREN ENERGY STILL HOPING THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.K.-based Burren Energy is continuing to pull 25,000 barrels of oil per day from wells southwest of Balkanabat, and has at least ten more years to do so. But while the company is on a steady course with its PSA, its takeover in 2007 by Italian conglomerate ENI is still cau [...]	2009-03-26 13:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX UK
09ASHGABAT390	TURKMENISTAN: REGIONAL EXPERTS DISCUSS CENTRAL [...] (C) Carefully avoiding any reference to the term "conference," the UN Center for Preventive Diplomacy (Center) held a two-day seminar in Ashgabat on March 11-12 entitled "Central Asia and Global Challenges." Iran Watcher got a read-out from Armands Pupols, a Political Officer with the Center [...]	2009-03-26 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN ZK TX
09ASHGABAT393	TURKMENISTAN: CHINA KNOWS PATIENCE PAYS OFF HERE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese ambassador to Turkmenistan described the relationship with Berdimuhamedov's government as positive, yet more stand-offish than in former President Niyazov's time. That said, CNPC is making progress on its Turkmenistan-China pipeline, although only half of this twin [...]	2009-03-27 08:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX CH
09ASHGABAT395	TURKMENISTAN: RELIGIOUS LEADERS DISCUSS THE MYRIAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a March 25 roundtable with leaders of minority religious groups that have been registered, the participants observed that registration is a threshold obstacle. Following registration, there remain myriad issues that continually pose challenges to their groups' ability to free [...]	2009-03-27 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT396	TURKMENISTAN: WINTERSHALL MANAGER PROVIDES RANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: German-based Wintershall's country manager recently provided a broad picture of the challenges and intrigues of doing business in the energy sector here. The manager described some of the complexities of interacting with Turkmen energy officials, most of whom cling tightly to [...]	2009-03-30 10:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX RS IR CH
09ASHGABAT397	TURKMENISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS DONORS HAVE LOTS OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On March 26, the UNDP office in Ashgabat hosted a donor sub-group meeting on democratization, rule of law and human rights. Participants were representatives of UN organizations, diplomatic missions, and other interna [...]	2009-03-30 10:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT40	TURKMENISTAN: ECONOMIC POLICY PROJECT RECEIVES LETTER OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, 2009, the Country Coordinator of USAID's implementing partner for its Economic Reform to Enhance Competitiveness (EREC) project, BearingPoint, received an e-mail from Turkmenistan's Cabinet of Ministe [...]	2009-01-13 05:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT401	LONGTIME COMMERCIAL RESIDENT POSTULATES ON ROOTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A long-time Amcit commercial resident of Turkmenistan told a recent visitor that U.S. influence here has been curbed in part because of changes in U.S. policy over the last 15 years, but also because of the historical missteps of U.S. energy giants who abandoned difficult and c [...]	2009-03-30 11:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT402	TURKMENISTAN: MINI-DUBLIN GROUP MEETS IN ASHGABAT [...] (SBU) At a March 13 meeting in Ashgabat of Mini-Dublin Group members organized by the Italian Embassy in Moscow, representatives of the U.S.,French, UK, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, Japanese and Russian embassies exchanged views with two officials of the State Counter-Narcotics Service (SCNS) on [...]	2009-03-30 11:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT403	TURKMENISTAN OFFICIALS THREATEN TO END OVERFLIGHT [...] (C) Turkmen State Civil Aviation officials informed DAO on March 29 that, starting April 27, the Government of Turkmenistan will deny overflight permission for all USG aircraft, including those currently covered by blanket overflight, if an outstanding bill for overflight fees is not paid by [...]	2009-03-30 13:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TX
09ASHGABAT405	TURKMENISTAN: BIG BROTHER ON THE STREETS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The presence of undercover security agents on the streets is nothing new in Turkmenistan. People have grown accustomed to seeing them standing on nearly every street corner of the capital, purportedly to ensure " [...]	2009-03-31 09:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT408	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met on March 30 with Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov to discuss several bilateral issues and to learn more about President Berdimuhamedov's recent visits to Iran and Russia. Charge briefed Meredov on the Interagency Policy Group's Report on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan a [...]	2009-03-31 11:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TX
09ASHGABAT409	TURKMENISTAN: RESIDENT TURKISH CITIZENS BARRED [...] (C) On March 30, poloff met with the Turkish Embassy's Counselor for Religious Affairs Aziz Chankaya to hear his views on religious practice in Turkmenistan. Chankaya explained that his role is to advise the Turkish Embassy on religious affairs as they involve the resident Turkish community. [...]	2009-03-31 12:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX

09ASHGABAT41	TURKMENISTAN: USTDA MEETINGS WITH HYDROCARBON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings with the U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia and Charge, Turkmenistan hydrocarbon sector officials agreed to consider further cooperation with TDA. Turkmengas will continue to develop onshore gas deposits itself, hiring ser [...]	2009-01-13 10:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL TX

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