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00HARARE3959	FOREIGN MINISTER ZUMA SHARES VIEWS ON BURUNDI WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE SHARED WITH SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DR. NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA JULY 17 USG CONCERNS ABOUT ACHIEVING A SUSTAINABLE PEACE IN BURUNDI. HE RELATED THE CONTENT OF HIS DISCUSSIONS IN CAPE TOWN WITH FACILITATOR NELSON MANDELA AND HIS WORD OF CAUTION TO M [...]	2000-07-19 09:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS BY TX SF

01ASHGABAT1049	BERDIEV SACKED; MEREDOV NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) PRESIDENT NIYAZOV OPENED THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE MEJLIS (PARLIAMENT) JULY 7 WITH A SPEECH IN WHICH HE HARSHLY CRITICIZED AND THEN DISMISSED FOREIGN MINISTER BATYR BERDIEV. NIYAZOV ACCUSED BERDIEV OF EXCESSIVE DRINKING, AND SAID THAT AS A RESULT OF BERDIEV'S PERSONAL FAILINGS HE HAD BEE [...]	2001-07-09 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX
01STATE126951	SECRETARY'S LETTER TO NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] CHARGE IS REQUESTED TO DELIVER THE LETTER IN PARA TWO BELOW TO NEW FOREIGN MINISTER RASHID MEREDOV AT THE EARLIEST APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITY. NO SIGNED ORIGINAL WILL FOLLOW. 2. BEGIN TEXT: DEAR MR. MINISTER: MY SINCEREST CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENT AS TURKMENISTAN'S NEW FOREIGN [...]	2001-07-21 00:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL TX
03ABUDHABI1878	SHIKHMURADOV DEPORTATION [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Upon notification Polchief engaged with multiple layers of the UAEG on the Boris Shikhmuradov case. The Ambassador followed-up with MFA Assistant U/S for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid. We are pleased t [...]	2003-04-19 13:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX TC
03ABUDHABI5056	UNGA DEMARCHES ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKMENISTAN, [...] Embassy delivered ref A (UNGA Resolution on Human Rights in Turkmenistan) talking points to the MFA Department of American, European and Oceanic Affairs on November 22. We requested that these be forwarded to the MFA Director for International Organizations, who is currently out of country, a [...]	2003-11-23 09:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	UN UNGA PHUM PREL IR TX TC
03AMMAN7645	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) PolCouns and Italian DCM Nicola Lener (representing the EU presidency) jointly delivered ref points on the EU draft UNGA resolution on human rights in Turkmenistan to Ayman Aamiri, Acting Director of the International Organizations Directorate of the MFA on November 20. Lener and PolCou [...]	2003-11-23 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TX JO UNGA
03ANKARA7209	UNGA RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKMENISTAN - [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-20 06:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TX TU
03COLOMBO1995	Mission conveys points on the proposed UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-19 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CE MV TX
03KUWAIT5341	(C) DEMARCHE ON TURKMENISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Acting DCM made reftel demarche November 22 on MFA Deputy Director of International Organizations Department, Amb. Aqeel Behbehani, along with Italian DCM representing the EU Presidency. The Italian's demarche did not include the specific concerns about the new laws on Public Associations [...]	2003-11-22 11:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TX UNGA
03ROME86	OSCE: GOI ON IMPROVING U.S./EU COORDINATION; [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE. DURING A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00086 100733Z DISCUSSION ON TURKMENISTAN "MOSCOW MECHANISM" (SEE PARA 5), MFA OSCE OFFICE DIRECTOR FABIO CRISTIANI STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF U.S./EU COORDINATION ON OSCE ISSUES, AND O [...]	2003-01-10 07:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU IT TX OSCE
03THEHAGUE2917	DUTCH ON HUMAN RIGHTS: IRAN, CHR, TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Dutch human rights concerns continue to run parallel to those of the United States. Specifically, the GoNL will co-sponsor the Canadian UNGA 3rd committee resolution on the human rights situation in Iran (ref A). The Netherlands, [...]	2003-11-20 08:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TX IR NL UNGA UNHRC
04ACCRA2498	OFFICIAL-INFORMAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 12:56:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PHUM TX IR GH USUN
04ADANA112	STRUGGLING SE TURKEY TEXTILE AND AGRICULTURAL SECTORS [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 06:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EAGR TX TU ADANA
04BRUSSELS3782	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1 EUR DAS Laura Kennedy held semi-annual consultations with the EU on Caucasus and Central Asia (COEST). Caucasus discussions concentrated on establishing a political process to resolve the South Ossetia conflict (Kennedy met separately on South Ossetia with Heikki [...]	2004-09-08 14:36:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID GG AM AJ KZ KG TI TX UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS666	US-EU COEST CONSULTATIONS PART 1: CENTRAL ASIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 9 in Brussels, EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe -- accompanied by EUR/ACE Deputy Dan Rosenblum and EUR/ERA Director Kathy Allegrone -- discussed US-EU cooperation in Central Asia and the South Caucasus with the EU's COEST Troika. This cable covers the Central Asia portion of the [...]	2004-02-13 15:39:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KZ KG TI TX UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05ANKARA7656	ENERGY MINISTER LOOKS FORWARD TO ENHANCED DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. Seeing opportunities for cooperation on regional gas and oil projects as well as prospects for U.S. private investment in Turkey's fast growing domestic energy sector, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler looks forward to greater dialogue and cooperation with the United States on energy [...]	2005-12-30 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG BEXP IR IZ TX AJ TU
05DUSHANBE1605	TAJIK SUPPORT FOR PSI [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 10:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PREL TX TI PARM
05DUSHANBE1606	TAJIK SUPPORT FOR PSI [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 10:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PREL TX TI PARM
05NEWDELHI3745	MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, CLEARER ON SIACHEN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 18 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha gave us the clearest GOI position on Siachen we have had in some time, stressing that settlement will require a signed map showing current troop positions in order to close [...]	2005-05-18 13:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS ENRG IN PK AF TX INDO PAK
06ANKARA1010	TURKEY,S MINISTER CALLS TCP DRIVING FORCE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT Energy Minister Guler appealed February 27 to Ambassador for USG support on the Trans-Caspian Pipeline fQ natural gas from Turkmenistan and Samsun-Ceyhan Bosphorus bypass oil pipeline. He welcomed cooperation with the U.S. on approaching Turkmenistan to advance TCP, as an al [...]	2006-03-01 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IZ RU IR TX
06ANKARA6733	NIYAZOV DEATH: TURKISH MFA ON TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) PM Erdogan, FM Gul and Energy Minister Guler will lead a delegation of approximately 200 to attend Niyazov's funeral on Sunday in what Turkish MFA DDG for Central Asia Huseyin Avni Karslioglu characterized as a culturally necessary show of brotherly solidarity with their Turkmen brethren. [...]	2006-12-22 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX TU
06ASHGABAT1000	Avian Influenza: Turkmenistan Preparedness Update [...] (U) On September 14, the UNDP sponsored a donors' meeting to review and discuss a project proposal on Turkmenistan's preparedness for avian/pandemic influenza. The meeting identified roles of donors, their potential input and project implementation mechanisms. Representatives of the World Ba [...]	2006-09-25 08:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT1002	MYRADOVA FAMILY DISPERSES, WILL CONSIDER NEXT [...] (C) Emboffs met with a frightened and cautious Sona Myradova, the younger daughter of recently deceased journalist Ogulsapar Myradova, at the Myradova apartment September 25. Myradova confirmed that Myradova's three children have dispersed, and that they are not in communication via teleph [...]	2006-09-25 13:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1003	PEACE CORPS IN TURKMENISTAN - EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE, [...] (C) Among other observations, both Deputy Chairman Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov and Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov complained to visiting Peace Corps Director Jay Katzen during September 20-21 meetings that Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) failed to gain "approvals" for their secondary activitie [...]	2006-09-26 11:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1011	TURKMENISTAN'S OIL AND GAS CONFERENCE "THE WORST [...] (SBU) Ashgabat's 11th annual oil and gas conference yielded few surprises for delegates who, generally, were disappointed with the conference. With a proclaimed emphasis on international cooperation opportunities, presentations attempted to lure foreign firms to Turkmenistan's Caspian Sea wa [...]	2006-09-28 10:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1012	ASHGABAT'S NEWEST SCHOOL: A HIGH-TECH EXTRAVAGANZA FOR [...] (SBU) Ashgabat's newest school, named in honor of President Saparmurat Niyazov's grandfather, is a lavish facility for 800 students that includes all the modern amenities and a large computer lab full of Dell computers, but with no internet connection. Nearby stands a luxurious kindergarten f [...]	2006-09-28 11:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO ECON SCUL TX
06ASHGABAT1015	U.S., UK, FRANCE AND OSCE UNITE BEHIND FREEDOM OF [...] (C) The U.S., United Kingdom, French and OSCE missions in Ashgabat have agreed to send Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) individual diplomatic notes protesting a freedom of movement case in which the complainants, acting under the advice of the OSCE, have recently exhausted all [...]	2006-09-29 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TX
06ASHGABAT1022	Turkmenistan Publishes 2006-2010 Counternarcotics Plan [...] (SBU) Turkmenistan's new national counternarcotics plan is a matrix of 48 measures with assigned implementers (government ministries and agencies) and program durations. It is short on detail, but will prove helpful for initiating new INL programs and other U.S. government-sponsored counternar [...]	2006-10-03 05:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PINR PGOV PBTS TX
06ASHGABAT1042	RECOMMENDING AGAINST U.S. INTERVENTION ON MYRADOVA [...] (C) In response to ref A request, embassy recommends the USG not intervene in the Begmedov/Hadzhiev case currently under consideration in Bulgarian courts. End Summary. Likely Guilty, Inaccurate and not Conducive to U.S. Interests --------------------------------------------- -------------- [...]	2006-10-04 13:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BU TX
06ASHGABAT1044	TURKMENISTAN'S SEYDI REFINERY SEEKS A GREATER ROLE [...] (SBU) The Soviet-era Seydi refinery, located in eastern Turkmenistan and previously reliant on Siberian crude stocks, currently operates at one-sixth of capacity. Drawing from fields in eastern and southern Turkmenistan, the refinery relies on rail transport to receive crude oil for processi [...]	2006-10-05 04:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON PREL TX
06ASHGABAT105	THE TURKMEN ARCHIPELAGO: A FORMER PRISONER [...] (C) On December 30, 2005 and January 4, 2006, Charge and Conoff met with Reuben Agabekyan, a former prominent ethnic Armenian businessman who was released in December 2005 after having served several years in prison on dubious charges, (and) who was seeking Post's assistance in helping him im [...]	2006-01-23 11:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TX
06ASHGABAT1052	SCENESETTER FOR DASD MACDOUGALL'S OCTOBER 17-18 [...] (C) Embassy Ashgabat welcomes your visit but fears the Government of Turkmenistan may now have developed cold feet regarding signing a Mary Divert Agreement. Although the agreement originally was proposed by President Niyazov to State's Deputy Assistant Secretary Lynn Pascoe in 2004 (ref a), [...]	2006-10-05 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET IR MARR PGOV PHUM PREL RS TX US
06ASHGABAT1054	ARE TURKMENISTAN'S AMU DARYA RIGHT BANK OIL AND [...] (C) The Yashyldepe Oil and Gas Development Organization (YOGDO) took operational control of Turkmenistan's portion of the Yashyldepe oil and natural gas field from Uzbekistan in 2005. YOGDO officials ascribe the flaring of oil and gas by Uzbekistan across the border as spiteful retribution f [...]	2006-10-05 13:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1055	COTTON, LIES AND COPIERS IN DASHOGUZ [...] (C) President Niyazov's complete control over the minds and means of Turkmenistan is in full view in Dashoguz Welayat (province). The man widely rumored to be Niyazov's heir apparent, the charming and utterly devoid of democratic sensibilities Aganiyaz Akiyev, firmly enforces the president's [...]	2006-10-05 14:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR CVIS PINR SENV TX
06ASHGABAT1056	TURKMENISTAN REJECTS DRAFT U.S. CONGRESSIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-05 14:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TX
06ASHGABAT1066	Demarches Delivered to Turkmenistan on North Korean Nuclear [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 08:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN PARM TX
06ASHGABAT107	TURKMENISTAN'S MI-8 DOWN IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The GOTX fumbled for three days -- January 21-23 -- before it could come up with a formal request for Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Coalition Forces' assistance in a search for a GOTX relief helicopter -- probably crashed with seven crewmembers in the mountains in Afghanistan -- which [...]	2006-01-23 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS PREL AF PK TX
06ASHGABAT1070	Turkmenistan Condemns North Korea [...] (U) Subsequent to reftel A report on interaction with Government of Turkmenistan authorities on the North Korean nuclear situation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified the Embassy October 11 of its release of a "statement in the mass media on the issue contained in the mentioned [diplomat [...]	2006-10-12 03:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN PARM TX
06ASHGABAT1071	LITTLE CHANGE IN COMPANY AND GRANT REGISTRATION PROCEDURES [...] A decree announced September 9 abolished the independent office charged with approving and registering foreign investment, grants and company listings, and transferred its functions to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. To date the shift has had little discernable impact on USAID or Public D [...]	2006-10-12 06:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ETRD EINV KIDE TX
06ASHGABAT1072	TURKMENISTAN: INTL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT POSTED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 08:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO ODIP PREL ELAB KDEM KSPR TX
06ASHGABAT108	TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER'S MEETING WITH NIYAZOV ON [...] (C)Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil provided Ambassador a readout of Turkish Energy Minister Mehmet Hilmi Guler 1/19 meeting with President Niyazov. Guler told Niyazov that Turkey was ready to pursue seriously a Trans-Caspian Pipeline (TCP), and that he himself was prepared to come to Ashgabat [...]	2006-01-24 11:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET GG KZ PGOV PREL RS TX UP US
06ASHGABAT1080	TURKMENISTAN REMAINS NON-COMMITTAL ON UNSC VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 14:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GT VE TX
06ASHGABAT1081	UNSC ELECTION: TURKMENISTAN WILL SUPPORT GUATEMALA [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-14 09:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC GT VE PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1088	SEPTEMBER TURKMENISTAN MEDIA COVERAGE OMITS MYRADOVA, [...] (U) Local media coverage of mission events in September featured the embassy's ceremony announcing the 2006-2007 Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation grant winners. While generally positive and colorful, the coverage failed to mention the U.S. Government's substantial financial investm [...]	2006-10-16 12:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT1093	PRESIDENT NIYAZOV BACKS AWAY FROM FORMAL DIVERT [...] (C) During a two-hour meeting October 18 with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) James MacDougall and NSC Director David Merkel, Turkmenistan's President Niyazov said that he was not prepared to sign a formal divert agreement allowing U.S. planes to make emergency landings at Mary I [...]	2006-10-20 03:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TX
06ASHGABAT1094	FORCED GAIETY AND DOG-EARED ENGLISH BOOKS IN MARY WELAYAT [...] (U) Emboff and P/E Assistant traveled to Mary Welayat (province) September 21-22 as part of mission trips to Turkmenistan's welayats to learn about education and cotton. The short, host government-structured trip consisted of visits to School #1, School #15 and to Mary's Agricultural Joint-St [...]	2006-10-20 11:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD TX TNGD KPAO ECON
06ASHGABAT1095	A PRIMER ON THE WRECKING POWER OF THE RUHNAMA [...] (U) Modern Turkmenistan has come to be defined by President Saparmurat Niyazov's first major book, the Ruhnama or "Book of the Soul," published in 2001. The first of two volumes, Ruhnama Volume I combines philosophical ruminations and moral dictates within a pseudo-historical narrative. Whil [...]	2006-10-20 11:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SCUL SOCI TU TX
06ASHGABAT1097	Turkmenistan's President Niyazov Amnesties 10,000 Prisoners [...] (U) President Niyazov announced on October 16 that he would amnesty 10,056 prisoners, including 8 people convicted of crimes related to the alleged November 2002 presidential assassination attempt. A lengthy list, published only in Turkmen, was released on October 18. Niyazov said that the e [...]	2006-10-20 13:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR TX
06ASHGABAT1098	MYRADOVA SISTERS SHOW OFFICIAL "AUTOPSY REPORT" - [...] (C) According to Ogulsapar Myradova's daughters, the government claims their mother's death was caused by asphyxiation. In response to a phone call by Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation founder Annadurdy Hajyev to the U.K. Embassy's Deputy Head of Mission earlier in October, emboff and repre [...]	2006-10-20 13:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1104	NIYAZOV HOPES TO FIX THE COTTON FAILURE BY ADMINISTATIVE [...] (SBU) Presiding over an October 6 Cabinet of Ministers meeting attended by provincial governors, agricultural officials and defense and law enforcement ministers, President Niyazov criticized this year's poor cotton harvest and set the stage for potential firings of the welayat hakims (provinci [...]	2006-10-23 10:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV TX
06ASHGABAT1135	MYRADOVA DAUGHTER THREATENED BY MINISTRY OF [...] (C) Maral Myradova, the oldest daughter of deceased journalist Ogulsapar Myradova, was called into a meeting with the Ministry of National Security (MNB) on November 1. During the meeting, she was told that, if the family cut all contacts with the international community and with their un [...]	2006-11-01 14:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1136	UNREGISTERED JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) Jehovah's Witnesses remains one of the larger unregistered minority religious congregations in Turkmenistan. This is largely by the church's choice: Jehovah's Witnesses is making a meeting with President Niyazov for overseas Jehovah's Witness leaders a prerequisite for submitting its a [...]	2006-11-01 14:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV TX
06ASHGABAT1142	NIYAZOV'S GRIM FAIRY TALE - TURKMENISTAN AFTER 15 [...] (C) Amidst the fake joy and practiced pageantry that constituted Turkmenistan's celebration of its 15th year of independence, there was palpable fear and resignation throughout Ashgabat. Teachers took children out of school for two months preceding the events to rehearse for the stadium even [...]	2006-11-03 13:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TX EPET
06ASHGABAT1150	Turkmenistan's Ambitious 2007-2030 Oil and Gas Development [...] (SBU) For the first time, the Government of Turkmenistan has approved an independent oil and gas development plan that is not part of an overall economic development plan. The new plan, which President Niyazov called for in July after several months of severe criticism by the West of Turkmenis [...]	2006-11-07 11:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR EPET TX
06ASHGABAT1154	TWO SIDES TO THE STORY - EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA IN BALKAN [...] (SBU) PAO Andrew Paul and P/E Assistant Murad Ovez-Mamedov visited Education Department officials and schools in Turkmenbashy and Balkanabat cities in Balkan Welayat September 18 and 19. Discussions with officials and teachers reflected a strict "party-line" on school curricula and English lan [...]	2006-11-07 13:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD TX KPAO ECON
06ASHGABAT1156	Demarche Delivered to Turkmenistan on Amending the Cuba [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 08:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF KLIG KSUM UNGA CU TX
06ASHGABAT1166	Demarche Delivered to Turkmenistan on UNSCR Obligations on [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 11:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM TX
06ASHGABAT1167	GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER STEINMEIER MEETS NIYAZOV [...] (C) German Foreign Minister Steinmeier's November 2 visit to Turkmenistan provided him a telescoped confirmation of the challenges to developing democracy in Turkmenistan, according to an outbrief provided by German Ambassador to Turkmenistan Hans Mondorf. Not only were Steinmeier and his dele [...]	2006-11-08 13:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EPET PHUM GE TX
06ASHGABAT1177	Demarche Delivered to Turkmenistan on Country Resolutions [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 03:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF KLIG KSUM UNGA TX
06ASHGABAT1185	Demarche Delivered to Turkmenistan on Belarus' Third [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 12:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1192	TURKMENISTAN: A COMPETENT BUREAUCRAT REMAINS [...] (C) Newly appointed hakim (governor) of the oil-rich province Balkan Welayat, Orazmyrat Niyazlyev, impressed Charge with his competence, experience and confidence two weeks into his tenure. Although he has a background in the oil and gas industry, his foci for the future of Balkan is an exte [...]	2006-11-17 07:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1194	A HORRIBLE HALLOWEEN AT THE TURKMENABAT AMERICAN CORNER [...] (U) Post received its second protest dipnote on November 13, part of a series of complaints from the host government about a children's Halloween party that the American Corner attempted to host in the city of Turkmenabat on October 30. While successful Halloween events took place at other Am [...]	2006-11-17 11:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SCUL SOCI TU TX
06ASHGABAT1195	OCTOBER TURKMENISTAN MEDIA COVERAGE POSITIVE AND ACCURATE [...] (U) State media coverage of mission events in October featured President George Bush's congratulatory messages on occasions of Oraza Bayram and Turkmenistan's Independence Day. However, BBC Monitoring Central Asia newswire mistranslated key parts of President Bush's message back into English. [...]	2006-11-21 04:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV TX
06ASHGABAT1210	STAGE ONE OF TURKMENISTAN'S NEW ETRAP ELECTIONS [...] (U) The initial stages of Turkmenistan's first ever etrap and city halk maslahaty (peoples council) elections suggest a process that, while perhaps more a theatrical exercise than a substantive political process, is progressive in tone and provides a snapshot of grassroots level political expe [...]	2006-11-24 03:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD TX TNGD KPAO ECON
06ASHGABAT1220	TURKMENISTAN'S UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS AN EXERCISE IN [...] (U) Since 1991 the number of students studying at higher educational institutions of Turkmenistan has decreased dramatically. In line with a 2006 presidential decree, only 3,175 students were accepted to Turkmenistan's universities for the session beginning September 2006, in comparison with a [...]	2006-11-29 13:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SCUL SOCI TU TX
06ASHGABAT1222	Niyazov Makes Massive Purges over Agriculture Fiasco; [...] (SBU) Turkmenistan's President Niyazov on November 27, conducted a massive purge of high-ranking officials, rivaling, if not surpassing, the oil and gas purge of December 2005 (ref a). Responding to allegations by Minister of Agriculture Esenmyrat Orazgeldiyev during an October 25 meeting (ref [...]	2006-11-30 13:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM TX
06ASHGABAT1225	DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 13:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL TX US
06ASHGABAT1228	TURKMENISTAN GROUNDS CZECH MILITARY PLANE OVER [...] (SBU) Turkmenistan on December 2 grounded at the Ashgabat airport a transiting Czech military plane transporting high-ranking Czech military and civilian officials from Kabul because some on board were carrying weapons. The issue was resolved 14 hours later through diplomatic channels, but th [...]	2006-12-04 13:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PREL OSCE TX EZ
06ASHGABAT1244	DISTRICT ELECTIONS IN TURKMENISTAN -- GOVERNMENT CLAIMS [...] (SBU) District-level elections for members of local people's councils proceeded with much fanfare but low voter turnout on December 3. Official reports claimed turnout reached 96.95%, embassy officers found voter turnout, at least in Ahal Province and in the Magtymguly District of Balkan Prov [...]	2006-12-06 12:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TX
06ASHGABAT1245	(S) ASHGABAT DELIVERS FLIGHT BY NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	IR KN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1250	TURKMENISTAN MEDIA IGNORES ALL MAJOR POST NEWS IN NOVEMBER [...] (U) Turkmenistan's state media coverage of post events in November included uncharacteristic omission of three significant news items: the November 10 opening of the Altyn Asyr border crossing checkpoint, a change in U.S. non-immigrant visa application policy and the November 21 Peace Corps d [...]	2006-12-08 08:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT1254	Turkmenistan's Sporting Tragedy - Glory to the State, Money [...] (SBU) Political machinations, corruption and greed are literally and figuratively bankrupting Turkmenistan's sports. Since independence, the Soviet athleticism legacy has been eroding and hit the proverbial new low when Turkmenistan's soccer team withdrew from the 2006 Asian Games, one week p [...]	2006-12-08 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINR TX
06ASHGABAT1260	DPRK DID NOT REQUEST LANDING/OVERFLIGHT FROM [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 13:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	IR KN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1283	EU SPECIAL ENVOY MOREL MEETS NIYAZOV -- TRIES TO [...] (C) EU Special Envoy (and former French Ambassador to Turkmenistan) Pierre Morel met with President Niyazov and Foreign Minister Meredov December 18 and gave Charge a readout on December 19. Highlights of the meeting include: -- Observance of a more bloated and less animated Niyazov than t [...]	2006-12-19 11:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PARM EUN TX
06ASHGABAT1285	GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN'S FLEX OBSTRUCTION MORE [...] (U) This year Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) recruitment has encountered an unprecedented level of interference and disinformation from the Ministry of Education (MOE), despite official approval of the program and host government rhetoric that the problems will be resolved. As in past years, [...]	2006-12-19 12:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX US
06ASHGABAT1288	ADDITIONAL TESTING FOR FLEX: A BREAKTHROUGH? [...] (U) In response to Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher's letter to President Niyazov regarding problems with FLEX recruitment and testing, Serdar Bashimov, head of the American Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), requested a meeting December 20 with A/DCM and PAO. Mr. Bashimo [...]	2006-12-20 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX US
06ASHGABAT1289	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT SAPARMYRAT NIYAZOV DIES [...] (U) This is an action message. Request para 14. Summary ------- 2. (C) Turkmenistan's President, Saparmyrat Niyazov,died at approximately 0100 local time on December 21, as has been confirmed by the official state media. The funeral will be held December 24, and Turkmenistan will obs [...]	2006-12-21 09:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC ASEC TX
06ASHGABAT1292	NIYAZOV DEATH SITREP 001: 12/21/2006 [...] (C) Post has learned that Afghanistani President Karzai, Ukrainian President Yushchenko, Kazakhstani President Nazarbajev, Uzbekistani President Kerimov and Tajikistani President Rahmonov are planning to attend the funeral. In addition Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, Georgian Pri [...]	2006-12-21 14:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC TX
06ASHGABAT1293	MYRADOVA SISTERS WANT OPPOSITION TO BACK OFF [...] (C) Maral and Sona Myradova, the daughters of deceased journalist Ogulsapar Myradova, told pol off during an unplanned meeting at the embassy December 21 that they are increasingly pressured by their uncle, Helsinki Foundation founder Annadurdy Hajyev who lives in exile in Sofia, Bulgaria, to [...]	2006-12-21 14:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1295	NIYAZOV DEATH SITREP 002: 12/22/2006 [...] (C) During a December 22 meeting of the Emergency Action Committee, post reviewed drawdown tripwires and agreed that there was no need to consider drawdown at this time. The political situation remains stable, with governmental offices continuing to function. Funeral events will begin 9:00 [...]	2006-12-22 10:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC TX
06ASHGABAT1301	NIYAZOV DEATH SITREP 003: 12/22/06 [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes Washington's discussion of next steps for Turkmenistan and offers the following input: -- The focus should be on the historic opportunity for a "new relationship," and respect for the outcome of the transition to a new president. Having A/S Boucher head the USG delega [...]	2006-12-22 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC TX
06ASHGABAT1303	DEATH OF NIYAZOV SITREP 004: 12/26/2006 [...] (C) Interim President Berdimuhammedov, for all intents and purposes, was elected president at the December 26 session of the People's Council. The actual election is February 11, but his competition of five low-level unknown bureaucrats is a joke, and Berdimuhammedov had to "fight back" the [...]	2006-12-26 15:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX US
06ASHGABAT1311	A/S BOUCHER DELIVERS MESSAGE OF A NEW BEGINNING IN [...] (U) Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher's December 24 visit to Turkmenistan generated a high level of international news coverage, which was mostly accurate except for some reports claiming that Boucher had an official meeting with Interim President Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov. Turkmenistan'S [...]	2006-12-27 11:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT1312	A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH TAJIKISTAN'S PRESIDENT [...] (C) Taking the opportunity to meet prior to the wreath laying for Niyazov's funeral, visiting A/S Boucher and Charge met with President of Tajikistan, Imomali Rahmonov, and discussed Rahmonov's views on Turkmenistan's future, U.S. relations with Uzbekistan, energy cooperation, and the situatio [...]	2006-12-27 13:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX TI UZ US
06ASHGABAT1313	DEATH OF NIYAZOV SITREP 005: 12/27/2006 [...] (C) Turkmenistan remains calm. Peace Corps volunteers are returning to their assigned cities, and government institutions are continuing to function, albeit in some chaos. Charge met today with the head of the Americas section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss next steps, includ [...]	2006-12-27 14:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC TX
06ASHGABAT1320	Turkmenistan: Zatoka Requests International Community Not [...] (SBU) International human rights groups monitoring Turkmenistan reported on December 19 about the detention of ecologist and civil society activist Andrey Zatoka in Dashoguz, northern Turkmenistan, on December 17. Post has learned that Zatoka's detention allegedly was related to smuggling rept [...]	2006-12-29 10:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM TX
06ASHGABAT1322	NEW GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN REBUKES RUSSIA FOR [...] (U) Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs on December 28 publicly denounced the Russian media for assertions that the recently announced February 11 election was a farce and that state services have broken down because of a power vacuum following Niyazov's death. Local media continues to [...]	2006-12-29 13:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT1323	TURKMENISTAN SURVIVES A WEEK WITHOUT NIYAZOV [...] (C) Turkmenistan's first week of independence without Niyazov was eerily calm. After saying farewell to their first president with pomp and respect, the remaining powers in Turkmenistan's government rallied around Interim President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, even providing a well-intentione [...]	2006-12-29 14:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL RS TX US
06ASHGABAT134	EMBASSY ASHGABAT HOLDS AVIAN FLU TOWN HALL [...] On January 25, 2006 the Embassy organized a town hall meeting for resident American citizens in Turkmenistan to discuss concerns regarding avian flu. Approximately 40 Americans (including Embassy and Peace Corps staff) attended the event. 2. Ambassador informed the audience that although [...]	2006-01-26 06:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAGR ETRD CMGT KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT138	NIYAZOV ESTABLISHES NEW RESHUFFLE RECORD [...] (SBU) President Niyazov announced 23 new appointments and 18 dismissals in the course of three meetings on January 25. Former presidential favorite Aganiyaz Akyev was relieved as Chief of the Presidential Apparatus and appointed the new hakim (governor) of Dashoguz Welayat (province). Chie [...]	2006-01-27 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR EPET TX
06ASHGABAT139	UNITED WE STAND (SORT OF): ASHGABAT'S WESTERN [...] (SBU) On January 27, Consular officers from the U.S., German, British and French embassies met at the German Embassy in Asghabat to discuss shared consular trends and anti-fraud prevention measures pertinent to each embassy. Like the U.S. Embassy, EU embassies reported an increase in demand an [...]	2006-01-27 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS FR GM KFRD PGOV TX UK
06ASHGABAT140	TURKISH AMBASSADOR POSITS GAZPROM PLANS TO [...] (C) During a lunch he hosted for Georgian Ambassador Petriashvili, Ukrainian Ambassador Mayko, and U.S. Ambassador, Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil argued passionately (with the help of visual aids) that Gazprom is intent on establishing a monopoly of gas supply to Europe. Akil argued that Gaz [...]	2006-01-27 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET GG KZ PGOV PREL RS TX UP US
06ASHGABAT141	WEEKLY FOLLOW-UP ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] PER REFTEL E, POST PROVIDES A WEEKLY FOLLOW-UP ON AVIAN INFLUENZA. INVESTIGATION INTO MYSTERIOUS BIRD DEATHS ----------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) ON JANUARY 20, A SOURCE AT THE MOH TOLD USAID'S HEALTH PROJECT SPECIALIST THAT CHIEF OF SANITARY AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SERVICE L [...]	2006-01-27 13:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT151	NIYAZOV WANTS TO "SOLVE GAS ISSUES PEACEFULLY" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador was called in by Niyazov Monday morning for a briefing on his Moscow meeting with Putin last week. Unexpectedly, it transpired that the Turkish ambassador had been called in for the same briefing. Niyazov said he had resisted Putin,s pressure to take sides against Uk [...]	2006-01-30 13:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET GG KZ PGOV PREL RS TX UP US
06ASHGABAT161	OIL EXPATS: GOTX OIL POLICY DYSFUNCTIONAL, BUT [...] (SBU) A half-dozen of Ashgabat,s long-time oil-patch and other expat observers gave us their views on Turkmenistan,s oil/government scene over lunch January 27. The emphatic consensus was that GOTX channels for getting oil business done have become more dysfunctional than ever, with nil pros [...]	2006-02-02 11:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV TX
06ASHGABAT162	Lights Out in Energy-Rich Balkan Welayat [...] (SBU) During a January 30-February 1 visit to Balkan Welayat DCM witnessed some of the bureaucratic inefficiencies that make the Government of Turkmenistan a problematic business partner. Turkmenbashy, formerly Krasnovodsk, a hydrocarbon rich Houston of Central Asia, has been without water [...]	2006-02-02 11:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PHUM PREL AJ TX
06ASHGABAT171	NIYAZOV FORMALIZES DOWNGRADING OF THEORETICAL [...] (SBU) Upon his return from a rare trip to Moscow, Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov convened meetings in which he reshuffled the heads of major Turkmen educational institutions, appointed a new Minister of Education with little relevant experience, and issued pronouncements that threaten t [...]	2006-02-03 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PGOV SOCI PHUM EAGR ELAB KPAO TX
06ASHGABAT177	EU SPECIAL ENVOY KUBIS GIVES READOUT OF NIYAZOV [...] (SBU) EU Emissary to Central Asia Jan Kubis told the ambassador on 2/7 that he had raised energy issues with Niyazov at their meeting the previous day and tried to drive home the point that, despite the current lack of a coordinated EU energy policy, energy developments in Turkmenistan are of [...]	2006-02-07 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET GG KZ PGOV PREL RS TX UP US
06ASHGABAT178	TURKMENISTAN: CTAG MEETING MORE STYLE THAN [...] (SBU) Representatives of six of the G-8 countries met at the Russian Embassy on February 7 to discuss counter-terrorism assistance with the GOTX during the first local CTAG meeting of the Russian G-8 presidency. Although invited and encouraged by the Russian Embassy to attend, the GOTX fai [...]	2006-02-07 13:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER RS TX

06ASHGABAT207	TURKMENISTAN: 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (U) The 2006 Special 301 review process was announced to the Government of Turkmenistan via diplomatic note on February 1. Post recommends keeping Turkmenistan on the 2006 Special 301 Watch List and suggests including the following paragraph on Turkmenistan in the 2006 Special 301 report: [...]	2006-02-16 13:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR BTIO ETRD ECON SNAR TX
06ASHGABAT209	MESSAGE TO NIYAZOV ON TURKMEN GAS [...] ( SBU) Unfortunately, the reftel talking points arrived after Miller and his delegation did. It seemed unlikely we would be able to approach President Niyazov, who was fully engaged in opening ceremonies/speeches connected with the upcoming holiday. After the speech he delivered at the new [...]	2006-02-17 07:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RS TX UP
06ASHGABAT210	TURKMENISTAN MEDIA REACTION ON GOTX POSITION ON [...] (U) On February 9, 2006, one week later than most Islamic countries, the GOTX expressed its opinion regarding the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Per reftel, the MFA issued a press release on the only government sponsored website, turkmenistan.ru, as well as in major print dailies "Turkmen [...]	2006-02-17 11:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT213	GOTX PUBLISHES AI ARTICLE [...] (U) THE GOTX INCREASED EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL AI PLAN DURING A FEBRUARY 14-16 WHO-SPONSORED WORKSHOP. THE GOTX ALSO TOOK THE UNPRECEDENTED STEP OF PUBLISHING A FRONT-PAGE ARTICLE AND AIRING A RADIO NEWS STORY ON AI. THE ARTICLE FOCUSED ON THE GOTX'S SELF-PROCLAIMED PROACTIVE MEASURES [...]	2006-02-21 11:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT215	NIYAZOV,S 2/17 GAZPROM, UKRAINIAN VISITORS: [...] (C) GazProm CEO Miller,s February 17 visit to Ashgabat came and went without known result; FM Meredov told Ambassador that Niyazov deferred any new energy-sector decisions for at least two months. Far less reassuringly, Ukraine energy officials, talks the same day with GOTX counterparts and [...]	2006-02-21 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RS TX UP
06ASHGABAT219	EMBASSY ASHGABAT'S COUNTERNARCOTICS PRIORITIES [...] Per ref A, as the Department of Defense (DOD) takes on a more substantial role in providing counternarcotics (CN) assistance to Central Asia, Embassy Ashgabat is providing a prioritized list of prospective DOD-funded CN projects in Turkmenistan. 2. Border Crossing Checkpoint Upgrades: $ [...]	2006-02-22 09:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS SNAR TX
06ASHGABAT228	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER FROM [...] (C) Turkmenistan is a hydrocarbon rich, strategically located dictatorship ruled by "President for Life" Saparmurat Niyazov. The South and Central Asia Bureau has inherited the eighth worst dictator in the world, according to "Parade" magazine; the third most corrupt country in the world, ac [...]	2006-02-23 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET MARR PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT231	PHARMACEUTICALS IN TURKMENISTAN: PUBLIC, [...] A pharmaceuticals availability crisis in the mid- 1990's caused the GOTX to let private business into the national medicine distribution system. Largely as a result of the ensuing private-sector activity, supplies soon reached near-saturation levels. Subsequently, the GOTX began to secure a [...]	2006-02-24 11:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL TX
06ASHGABAT234	WHO RECOMMENDS VIROLOGICAL REFERENCE LAB AND [...] PER REFTEL C, POST PROVIDES A WEEKLY FOLLOW-UP ON AVIAN INFLUENZA. WHO RECOMMENDATION ------------------ 2. (SBU) FOLLOWING THE FEBRUARY 14-16 SEMINAR ON AI (REF A), WHO REPRESENTATIVES VISITED THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL INDUSTRY'S (MOHMI) ASHGABAT SANITARY AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL [...]	2006-02-24 11:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT253	TURKMENISTAN REQUESTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 13:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT257	EMBASSY ASHGABAT SUBMISSION FOR 2006 [...] (U) The following is Embassy Ashgabat's responses to the 2005-2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Turkmenistan. The report follows the guidelines outlined in reftel. 2. (SBU) U.S. Embassy Ashgabat's point of contact for anti- trafficking in persons programs is: Ian Turner, Consular Off [...]	2006-03-06 11:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TX
06ASHGABAT263	STARWOOD HOTEL MANAGEMENT PULLING OUT OF [...] Summary: Starwood General Manager Holger Wessel informed Ambassador today that Starwood, which manages the Sheraton Grand Turkmen and Four Points Ak Atlyn Hotels, will be pulling out of Turkmenistan by the end of the month. According to Wessel, the move has been a long time in coming. The S [...]	2006-03-08 11:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECON EINV PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT267	GOTX Agencies Ordered to Self-Finance School [...] (U) By October 2007 there will be 20 new schools and 20 new kindergartens in Ashgabat, according to presidential decree. Government agencies that have been building residential buildings with "increased comfort and improved design" apartments for their staff are now ordered to build and sel [...]	2006-03-09 12:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL TNGD TX
06ASHGABAT270	NIYAZOV ORDERS WEEKLY UPDATES ON AI [...] (U) PER REFTEL C, POST PROVIDES A WEEKLY FOLLOW-UP ON AVIAN INFLUENZA. MINISTER REPORTS TO PRESIDENT ----------------------------- 2. (U) AT THE MARCH 3 CABINET MEETING, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE CABINET OF MINISTERS AND MINISTER OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL INDUSTRY (MOHMI) GURBANGULY BERDIMUHA [...]	2006-03-10 13:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT272	RFE/RL REPORTERS' DETENTION IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) Two RFE/RL Turkmen Service stringers were detained in Mary City on March 7. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Desk Chief Serdar Bashimov responded relatively quickly to the embassy's March 10 dipnote request for details on the arrests, calling the DCM to a Monday morning meet [...]	2006-03-13 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR TX
06ASHGABAT273	1,033 KG. OF NARCOTICS SEIZED ON TURKMENISTAN- [...] The national newspapers of Turkmenistan "Neytralnyi [Neutral] Turkmenistan" and "Turkmenistan" reported on March 13 that Turkmenistani border guards seized 830 kilograms of opium and 203 kilograms of hashish at the Sarakhs border crossing checkpoint on the Turkmenistan- Iranian border. The [...]	2006-03-13 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PINR PGOV PBTS TX
06ASHGABAT284	RFE/RL REPORTER IN BALKAN PROVINCE SAFE [...] (SBU) Balkan Welayat RFE/RL stringer Shamyrat Akoyliyev visited the embassy on March 15. He stopped by in response to PolAsst's March 10 call to his family, following up on reports that RFE/RL correspondents were being detained (reftel). Akoyliyev told PolOff that he was safe and had not b [...]	2006-03-16 03:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR TX
06ASHGABAT295	GOTX HEARS NO EVIL/SEES NO EVIL ON TRAFFICKING [...] (C) During her February 21-22 visit to Ashgabat, G/TIP Officer Megan Hall met with representatives of the Human Rights Committee of the Mejilis, Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) and the State Service for the Registration of Foreigners (SSRF) to learn about the GOTX's perspective on TIP. No [...]	2006-03-17 09:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KWMN SMIG TX
06ASHGABAT308	"BULLDOZER" HAKIM USES TEACHERS TO BEAUTIFY [...] (SBU) Appointed on July 8, 2005, Ashgabat Hakim (mayor) Orazmyrat Esenov has been conducting a series of city beautification projects, including the elimination of residential garages and private vegetable gardens. From March 4 until the Nowruz National Spring Holiday, March 20-22, teachers [...]	2006-03-22 11:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR EPET TX
06ASHGABAT309	WHAT'S IN A NAME? NEW GOTX COTTON COMMISSION [...] (SBU) President Niyazov recently created five commissions under each of the provincial governors' offices to administer cotton sales on the international market. While GOTX officials view the creation of the commission as a positive step, farmers remain pessimistic. GOTX officials say that [...]	2006-03-22 12:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV EIND TX
06ASHGABAT313	DIP CORPS JOINS HANDS, RIDES A LOVE TRAIN TO THE [...] (C) On March 17, Conoff, along with most of Ashgabat's diplomatic corps, traveled by train to the town of Ichoguz, halfway between Ashgabat and Dashoguz to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the new $2 billion Ashgabat-Garagum-Dashoguz rail line. While the event itself was nothing s [...]	2006-03-23 09:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT315	IP ENFORCEMENT TRAINING IN TURKMENISTAN FY 2006 [...] Turkmenistan is on the 2006 Special 301 Watch List. Education on basic IPR concepts and law enforcement training is requisite to the permanent removal of Turkmenistan from this List. Embassy Ashgabat enthusiastically submits the following project proposal per ref A in order to develop the G [...]	2006-03-23 10:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR BTIO ETRD ECON SNAR TX
06ASHGABAT321	TURKMENISTAN BANS POULTRY SALES IN PROVINCES [...] PER REFTEL C, POST PROVIDES A WEEKLY FOLLOW-UP ON AVIAN INFLUENZA. 2. POL/ECON OFFICER WAS FORCED TO TAKE A RUSSIAN AND TURKMEN LANGUAGE FLYER WARNING ABOUT THE RISKS OF AI DURING HER TURKMENISTAN AIRLINES FLIGHT TO ISTANBUL ON MARCH 14. THERE WAS NO INFORMATION DISSEMINATED ON THE RE [...]	2006-03-28 05:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT326	TURKMENISTAN LIKELY TO GAME VOTE ON GUATEMALA VS [...] (C) Turkmenistan's vote on the GRULAC seat for the UNSC is likely to depend more on GAZPROM negotiations and U.S. sponsorship of a UNGA Turkmenistan resolution than it will on Latin American politics. With the United States pushing so hard for Guatemala, GOTX likely will use its vote to puni [...]	2006-03-29 13:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	GT PREL TX UNGA VE UNSC
06ASHGABAT357	NIYAZOV'S TRIP TO CHINA: TURKMENISTAN SIGNS DEAL [...] (C) During Niyazov's visit to China, Turkmenistan and China agreed to build a natural gas pipeline by 2009 between the two countries, and for Turkmenistan to sell 30 billion cubic meters of gas to China annually once it is completed. The agreement includes joint exploration and development of [...]	2006-04-05 13:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL CH TX
06ASHGABAT359	OSCE CiO STANDS FIRM ON HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA [...] (SBU) Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel De Gucht, visited Turkmenistan on March 29. Ashgabat OSCE Center Human Dimensions Officer Benjamin Moreau told Pol/Econ Off on March 31 that De Gucht emphasized to both Pre [...]	2006-04-06 12:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TX
06ASHGABAT361	SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICIALS BRIEFED DCM ON AI [...] (U) PER REFTEL C, POST PROVIDES A WEEKLY FOLLOW-UP ON AVIAN INFLUENZA. ON APRIL 5, THE DCM MET WITH SENIOR VETERINARY SERVICE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS THE GOTX'S EFFORTS IN FIGHTING AI. CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER OF TURKMENISTAN AND DIRECTOR OF THE STATE VETERINARY DEPARTMENT MURAD GOCHMURADOV, [...]	2006-04-07 04:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT365	Turkmenistan's Voodoo Economics: Cash-to-Card [...] (SBU) On March 23, President Niyazov signed a decree directing monetary agencies to develop a national non- cash payment system. The GOTX published a tender on April 6 for the requisite software and hardware to establish the system of credit/debit cards for use at 10,000 point of sale (POS) [...]	2006-04-10 12:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
06ASHGABAT366	NIYAZOV CENTRALIZES CONTROL OVER OIL AND GAS [...] (SBU) In mid-December 2005, President Niyazov announced a reorganization of Turkmenistan's oil and gas sector, stripping operational freedom from state petroleum enterprises. The restructuring centralizes the president's control over the Oil and Gas Industry and Mineral Resources Ministry ( [...]	2006-04-10 12:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT368	NIYAZOV RELEASES PSYCHIATRIC "PATIENT" [...] (SBU) FOREIGN MINISTER RASHIT MEREDOV TOLD THE AMBASSADOR AT 1715 ON APRIL 10, THAT HE HAD SHOWN OUR CONGRESSIONAL LETTER REQUESTING THE RELEASE OF GURBANDURDY DURDYKULIYEV FROM A MENTAL HOSPITAL TO PRESIDENT NIYAZOV, AND THAT NIYAZOV HAD AGREED TO FREE HIM. DURDYKULIYEV WAS TAKEN INTO CUST [...]	2006-04-10 13:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR TX
06ASHGABAT369	MARY, BALKANABAT RFE/RL REPORTERS ALIVE AND DEFIANT [...] (SBU) PDOff visited Mary Radio Free Europe/Liberty (RFE/RL) stringers Ovezmuhammet Hommadov and Jumadurdy Ovezov April 6. Both are in good condition but continue to deal with cut-off telephones and harassment by local authorities. Balkanabat stringer Shamurat Akolyev visited the embassy on Ap [...]	2006-04-11 03:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TX
06ASHGABAT382	DURDYKULIYEV AT HOME AND "IN A GOOD MOOD" [...] (SBU) GURBANDURDY DURDYKULIYEV ARRIVED HOME VIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH ESCORTS AND TRANSPORTATION AROUND 0300 ON APRIL 12. DURDYKULIYEV'S WIFE ANNAGUL ANNAYEVA CONFIRMED THAT "HE IS FINE AND IN A GOOD MOOD," AND WELCOMES A POTENTIAL POL OFF VISIT AT HIS HOME EARLY NEXT WEEK. 2. (SBU) HAVI [...]	2006-04-12 12:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR TX
06ASHGABAT385	WHO EXPERTS ASSIST IN TURKMENISTAN'S [...] (U) PER REFTEL B, POST PROVIDES A WEEKLY FOLLOW-UP ON AVIAN INFLUENZA. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL INDUSTRY (MOHMI) AND THE WHO CO-SPONSORED A SEMINAR ON LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS AND THE PREVENTION OF AVIAN FLU APRIL 4-7. THE SEMINAR GATHERED OVER 100 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING EMPLOYEES O [...]	2006-04-14 09:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT386	WRITER ESENOV DENIED PERMISSION TO EXIT [...] (SBU) PEN Club award winner, writer Rahym Esenov, was told by the State Service for the Registration of Foreign Citizens on April 14 that he was on the list of citizens prohibited from traveling abroad. Subsequently, Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov confirmed to Organization for C [...]	2006-04-14 13:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR TX
06ASHGABAT387	BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN: CONTINUED DESTRUCTION OF [...] (SBU) While Ashgabat's main streets continue to resemble a large construction site in pursuit of President Niyazov's campaign to "transform" the city, several of Ashgabat's neighborhoods tell a different story. There, residents continue to receive little notice before being forced out of thei [...]	2006-04-17 04:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TX
06ASHGABAT389	IN FOREIGN CONSTRUCTION TURKMENBASHY TRUSTS [...] (SBU) Foreign companies are primarily responsible for transforming Ashgabat into Niyazov's white city. The GOTX and construction companies claim that contracts are awarded on the basis of open tenders. In reality, Niyazov makes the decisions and many of the most important projects are awarded [...]	2006-04-17 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL TNGD TX
06ASHGABAT394	TURKMENISTAN'S FORMER PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) Former Prosecutor General Gurbanbibi Atajanova was arrested on April 11, according to the Gundogar opposition website and several embassy contacts. While unconfirmed, all reports, including from a GOTX security officer, say that Atajanova was detained at home the day after President Niy [...]	2006-04-18 06:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR TX
06ASHGABAT410	DURDYKULIYEV - GRATEFUL AND EMBOLDENED [...] (SBU) FORMER PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT GURBANDURDY DURDYKULIYEV MET WITH POL OFF IN HIS BALKANABAT CITY HOME ON APRIL 17 AFTER SPENDING THREE HOURS IN THE LOCAL POLICE STATION AND HAKIMLIK. DURDYKULIEV WAS ADMONISHED BY LOCAL POLICE, MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES, AND LOCAL ELDERS NOT TO CONTINUE HIS CAM [...]	2006-04-19 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR TX
06ASHGABAT412	GOTX ALLOWS WRITER ESENOV TO DEPART TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite FM Meredov's confirmation to OSCE Ashgabat Ambassador Ibrahim Djikic on April 14 that PEN Club award winner, writer Rahim Esenov, would not be permitted to travel due to two convictions (reftel), Esenov and his daughter Maya departed the morning of April 17 for New Yor [...]	2006-04-20 03:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PGOV TX
06ASHGABAT427	CONSTRUCTION MINISTER ON ASHGABAT RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Minister of Construction Batyr Gayipov told poloff on April 21 that the GOTX is carrying out a well-planned reconstruction of Ashgabat using modern technology. he confirmed that foreign companies are responsible for most of the current construction (Ref A). However,, Gayipov said that [...]	2006-04-24 10:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TNGD TX
06ASHGABAT43	DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH FM MEREDOV [...] (C) On January 13, following a meeting with President Niyazov (septel) Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov hosted a working lunch for visiting DAS Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Jacobson. During the lunch, Bryza pressed for concrete progress on religious freedom and academic exchanges for Turkmeni [...]	2006-01-13 13:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KIRF PHUM PREL SCUL TX
06ASHGABAT432	NIYAZOV IN THE OIL AND GAS WEEDS [...] (SBU) Shortcomings and proposed solutions in the oil and gas industry were raised by President Niyazov during an April 20 oil and gas industry meeting in Turkmenbashy city. Niyazov reviewed the oil and gas industry's performance and production targets for the year, and reprimanded experts for [...]	2006-04-25 06:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TX PGOV
06ASHGABAT439	GOTX DRAFTING STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD INTO ARMY [...] (C) The GOTX has ordered male Turkmenistani citizens of Kazakh ethnicity studying in Kazakhstan to return home for military service, according to information from a Kazakh Diaspora contact. The contact provided Post with a copy of a letter sent by the Turkmen Embassy in Astana to South Kazakh [...]	2006-04-26 08:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KZ RS UP TX
06ASHGABAT447	TURKMENISTAN POSTS TRANSLATED HRR 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 11:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO ODIP PREL ELAB KDEM KSPR TX
06ASHGABAT450	Turkmenistan Agrees to Energize Afghanistan [...] (U) The Afghan power delegation headed by Afghanistan Power and Water Resources Minister, the former Governor of Herat, Muhammad Ismail signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with President Niyazov for delivery of an additional 330 MW of electricity per year on April 24 in Ashgabat. The [...]	2006-04-28 12:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT458	EMBASSY ASHGABAT MARKS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY [...] (U) On April 25, approximately 60 people, including students, representatives of minority religious groups, NGO leaders, and teachers, gathered at post's newly inaugurated PD center to attend a viewing of Schindler's List to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah). The movie was followe [...]	2006-05-01 09:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV PHUM TX
06ASHGABAT477	TURKMENISTAN POSTS TRANSLATED SHRD 2005-2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-03 09:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PQM KPAO ODIP PREL ELAB KDEM KSPR TX
06ASHGABAT478	AVIAN FLU: TURKMENISTAN SIGNS KABUL DECLARATION [...] (U) AT AN APRIL 17-20 REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN KABUL DEDICATED TO CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AND ORGANIZED BY USAID AND WHO, TURKMENISTAN'S DEPUTY MINISTER OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL INDUSTRY (MOHMI) BASHIM SOPIYEV SIGNED A REGIONAL DECLARATION TO FIGHT AGAINST CHOLERA, HIV/AIDS, MALARIA, POLIO, TUBERCULOS [...]	2006-05-03 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT517	GOTX RAIDS UNREGISTERED CHRISTIAN MEETING [...] (SBU) POLOFF WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM REPORTS ABOUT GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES BREAKING UP A NON-REGISTERED CHRISTIAN GROUP MEETING AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN ASHGABAT ON MAY 3 DURING A MAY 16 MEETING WITH U.S. CITIZEN AND DIRECTOR OF THE LOCAL EXPORT/IMPORT COMPANY ENGEDI PAUL KIM. ACCORDING TO KIM, [...]	2006-05-16 13:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR TX
06ASHGABAT528	AVIAN FLU: WHO SHARES ASSESSMENT RESULTS; WORLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISITED ASHGABAT APRIL 2-14 TO CONDUCT TWO SEMINARS AND ASSESS AI PREPAREDNESS AT GOTX FACILITIES. THE ASSESSMENT TEAM'S UNPUBLISHED FINDINGS, RELAYED TO EMBASSY STAFF BY WHO'S LIAISON OFFICER IN A [...]	2006-05-17 10:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT532	UKRAINE'S INTERBUDMONTAZH OPERATIONS IN [...] (SBU) GENERAL DIRECTOR OF UKRAINIAN COMPANY INTERBUDMONTAZH VADIM SULIM TOLD POL/ECON OFF ON MAY 11 THAT THE COMPANY HAD NO PART IN THE TURKMENISTAN-UKRAINE BARTER FOR GAS AGREEMENTS AND WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR, DESPITE MULTIPLE PRESS REPORTS TO THE CONTRARY. INTERBUDMONTAZH [...]	2006-05-19 03:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EPET UP TX
06ASHGABAT545	TURKMENISTANI LABOR MIGRATION TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) DRIVEN BY LOCAL UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY, THOUSANDS OF TURKMENISTAN'S CITIZENS TRAVEL TO TURKEY TO WORK ILLEGALLY AS UNSKILLED LABORERS. ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE COLLECTED FROM LABOR MIGRANTS SUGGESTS THAT, HAVING ARRIVED IN TURKEY, MOST MIGRANTS OVERSTAY THEIR TOURIST VISAS TO EARN INCOMES [...]	2006-05-22 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR TU TX
06ASHGABAT549	ICE SKATING IN THE DESERT AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS TO [...] (SBU) GOTX marked the May 18 holiday of Resurrection, Unity and Magtumguly Poetry with the expected pomp and wastefulness of a grand musical concert and the opening of Turkmenistan's first ice skating rink. At the concert, a Japanese delegation presented President Niyazov with a Japanese tra [...]	2006-05-23 13:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI EPET JA FR TX
06ASHGABAT550	Islam in America Speaker Ahmed Younis [...] (SBU) Turkmenistan was the first destination in the three-country Central Asian speaking tour of Ahmed Younis, National Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, a tour which included Kyrgyztan and Tajikistan. Embassy Ashgabat welcomed Younis, its first Islam in America speaker, and organ [...]	2006-05-24 03:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PGOV TX KY
06ASHGABAT561	Ukrainian Ambassador to Ashgabat Viktor Mayko to [...] (SBU) Ukrainian Ambassador to Ashgabat Viktor Mayko will travel to Kabul in mid-June to present his credentials to President Karzai. Ukraine previously had been represented by its ambassador in Tashkent. Mayko will be a valuable interlocutor on energy issues and also on the trials and tribu [...]	2006-05-25 13:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET PINR AF UP TX
06ASHGABAT567	TURKMENISTAN'S GOOD AND BAD COPS MEET STATE'S [...] (C) On May 19, EUR/ACE Coordinator Tom Adams, USAID Regional Coordinator Christopher Crowley, EUR/ACE Central Asian Desk Officer John McKane (who were in Ashgabat to participate in post's recent assistance review - ICAR), and Charg Brush met with Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov and Deputy Pri [...]	2006-05-26 13:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT580	ARMENIAN CONSUL CLAIMS "IRAN PREPARING FOR WAR" [...] (C) Ashgabat-based Armenian consular officer Artek Kalachayan somberly told Emboffs attending the May 26 Georgian national day celebration about his recent two-week trip to Iran, during which he traveled from the Iranian-Turkmenistani border (Ashgabat is 30km north of the border) to the Armen [...]	2006-05-31 18:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER IR TX
06ASHGABAT581	TURKMENISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO CONSIDER [...] (C) Charge met with Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov to thank him for Turkmenistan's public statement in support of the U.S. initiative on Iran and to urge him to issue an additional public statement requesting Iran to do the right thing and also to follow up with Iran through d [...]	2006-06-02 13:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR TX
06ASHGABAT582	TURKMENISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO CONSIDER [...] (C) Charge met with Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov to thank him for Turkmenistan's public statement in support of the U.S. initiative on Iran and to urge him to issue an additional public statement requesting Iran to do the right thing and also to follow up with Iran through d [...]	2006-06-02 13:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR TX
06ASHGABAT608	TURKMENISTAN BURNS 1.7 TONS OF NARCOTICS [...] (SBU) On May 28, for the third time in a year, Turkmenistan invited personnel from diplomatic missions to observe the destruction of seized narcotics. For the first time, ambassadors and local and foreign media were also invited to attend the destruction. While claiming that it is not a tran [...]	2006-06-09 12:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PINR PGOV PBTS TX
06ASHGABAT620	AVIAN FLU: TURKMENISTAN'S BAN ON IMPORTED LIVE [...] (SBU) THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH) IMPOSED AN IMPORT BAN ON LIVE BIRDS AND EGGS ON JANUARY 22. THE BAN DAMAGED LOCAL POULTRY BUSINESSES, WHICH PREVIOUSLY IMPORTED EGGS AND CHICKENS FROM IRAN AND TURKEY. A STATE VETERINARY SERVICE OFFICIAL TOLD POL/ECON ASST THAT THE GOTX PLANS TO LIFT THE B [...]	2006-06-12 11:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT621	TURKMEN POLITICAL COMMISSAR ON THE RAPTURE OF [...] (C) On June 8 Emboffs interviewed Hojanazar Annanazarov, a "Higher Societal Specialist" in the Ministry of Education, whose sole job is to propagandize the Ruhnama, President Niyazov's so-called "spiritual guide." In a private meeting after his unsuccessful non-immigrant visa interview, Anna [...]	2006-06-12 11:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TX
06ASHGABAT622	JACKSON-VANIK: NECESSARY STEPS TO CONTINUE WAIVER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov learned during a June 2 meeting with Charge that the GOTX is, once again, in the spotlight for Jackson-Vanik Amendment trade sanctions for violating freedom of movement rights. Americas Desk Chief Serdar Bashimov scolded the Charge for raising this issue [...]	2006-06-12 12:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
06ASHGABAT623	COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN TO ISSUE STERN [...] (C) Twelve years after ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Turkmenistan's compliance record is "a failure," according to a UNICEF official briefing select members of the Ashgabat diplomat corps prior to publication of the official report of the Committee on the Rights of Child [...]	2006-06-12 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TX
06ASHGABAT638	TASHKENT-BASED ISRAELI UPDATES EMBASSY ON [...] (SBU) On June 6, Conoff met with Anatoli Livshitz, the Tashkent-based Israeli Consular and Immigration officer who came to Ashgabat to conduct immigrant visa interviews for Turkmenistani Jews to immigrate to Israel. Livshitz told Conoff that despite Turkmenistan's resource wealth and strateg [...]	2006-06-15 03:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IS UZ TX
06ASHGABAT639	TASHKENT-BASED ISRAELI CONSUL UPDATES EMBASSY ON [...] (SBU) On June 6, Conoff met with Anatoli Livshitz, the Tashkent-based Israeli Consular and Immigration officer who came to Ashgabat to conduct immigrant visa interviews for Turkmenistani Jews to immigrate to Israel. Livshitz told Conoff that despite Turkmenistan's resource wealth and strateg [...]	2006-06-15 03:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL IS TX UZ
06ASHGABAT644	TURKMENISTAN,S RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA: COLD AND [...] (C) During two conversations with the Armenian Consul in Turkmenistan Artak Kalachyan on June 12 and 13, PolOff discussed the &cold8 state of relations between Armenia and Turkmenistan, the plight of ethnic Armenians in Turkmenistan and Kalachyan,s predictions for a possible post-Niyazovian f [...]	2006-06-15 11:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG TX AM PHUM
06ASHGABAT651	Turkmenistan: Demarche On Human Rights [...] (SBU) PER REFTEL, POST DELIVERED ON JUNE 19 VIA DIPLOMATIC NOTE TALKING POINTS URGING THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT IN REGARD TO ANTICIPATED ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE'S (OIC) HIGHLY POLITICIZED RESOLUTIONS ON ISRAEL. TURKMENISTAN RARELY RESPONDS TO DIPLOMAT [...]	2006-06-20 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TX
06ASHGABAT652	TURKMENISTAN IMPLICATES FRENCH EMBASSY, OSCE [...] (C) On June 19, Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov told Ambassador that French Charge Henri Tomasini was implicated in a scheme to foment political unrest in Turkmenistan. Meredov unveiled a complicated story involving a Turkmenistani dissident, foreign journalists, spy gear, &color8 revolutio [...]	2006-06-20 12:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TX FR UK
06ASHGABAT659	INDIA'S ENGAGEMENT IN TURKMENISTAN: CHALLENGES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During two conversations with the new Indian Deputy Chief of Mission in Turkmenistan, Binaya Srikanta Pradahan on June 15 and June 21, PolOff discussed the declining state of economic relations between India and Turkmenistan, various educational, cultural and other programs -- in [...]	2006-06-23 03:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL ETRD TX IN
06ASHGABAT673	GAZPROM'S SURPRISE VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN YIELDS NO [...] (SBU) On June 19 President Niyazov invited Gazprom Chairman Alexey Miller to Turkmenistan to discuss additional gas supplies for 2006 and gas deliveries for 2007 and 2008. Although no deal was struck, the Turkmenistani side offered increased volume to Gazprom, but did not accept the offer to [...]	2006-06-26 12:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL TX RS UP
06ASHGABAT679	NIYAZOV'S WILLING EXECUTIONERS JUSTIFY WIDESPREAD [...] (C) On June 20, DCM, Conoff, and CAO met with Ashyrmurad Garayev and Gurbangeldi Akgayev, two representatives of the Ashgabat city government who are involved in the Ashgabat "White City" beautification program that has destroyed thousands of private homes, rendering thousands more homeless. [...]	2006-06-27 08:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TX
06ASHGABAT682	AVIAN FLU: TURKMENISTAN SEEMINGLY ACTIVE ON AI [...] (U) DEPUTY HEALTH MINISTER ANNAMURAD ORAZOV, DEPUTY HEAD OF STATE VETERINARY SERVICE HUDAIBERDY MUHAMMEDOV AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF DESERTS UNDER THE MINISTRY OF NATURE PROTECTION REPRESENTED THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN AT THE JUNE 12-13 INTERNATIONAL AVIAN INFLUENZA CONFERE [...]	2006-06-28 11:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT684	ACTION REQUEST: ASHGABAT REQUESTS DOD [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 2. Turkmenistan was zeroed out for country-specific U.S. Department of Defense supplemental FY 06 counternarcotics funding, and post requests funding from the Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities Defense for Central Asia and Af [...]	2006-06-29 10:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TX
06ASHGABAT698	TURKMENISTAN MOSTLY MUTE ON SPY SCANDAL [...] (C) Since the televised June 20 Cabinet of Ministers meeting detailing an alleged spy ring (reftel), the Government of Turkmenistan has not proceeded with either diplomatic or public denunciations of French Charge Henri Tomasini or OSCE Human Dimensions officer Benjamin Moreau. Local RFE/RL [...]	2006-07-03 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT699	DEAL OR NO DEAL? NIYAZOV PLAYS HARDBALL ON [...] (C) On June 29 GazProm Chairman Alexei Miller returned to Turkmenistan to discuss gas prices with President Niyzaov )- his second visit in less than two weeks. The following day, a Ukrainian delegation headed by Minister Plachkov met with Oil and Gas Minister Atayev for a similar negotiation. [...]	2006-07-03 13:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG TX UP RS BO ZK
06ASHGABAT702	AMBASSADOR,S FAREWELL CALL WITH NIYAZOV [...] (C) During an hour long farewell call with Ambassador, an apparently healthy and engaged Niyazov: -described plans for upcoming elections at all levels, starting with village councils July 23 and leading up to presidential elections in 2009; -noted that he would maintain his chairmanship o [...]	2006-07-05 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX PHUM ENRG PINS KDEM ZK
06ASHGABAT704	TURKMENISTAN AND PAKISTAN: PROBLEMS ABOUND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Pakistani Deputy Chief of Mission in Turkmenistan, Dr. Ali Ahmad Arian on June 30 and talked about the bilateral relationship between Turkmenistan and Pakistan, including their declining trade relations, Trans-Afghan Pipeline feasibility, educational exchanges, an [...]	2006-07-05 12:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PK TX KPAO ETRD EPET ZK PGOV
06ASHGABAT715	TURKMENISTAN DENIES TRAVEL RESTRICTION BLACK LIST [...] (U) The embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 3 at 6:15 p.m. in response to the embassy,s demarche cable diplomatic note (ref A) of June 28, on the situation regarding the list of citizens prohibited from traveling abroad. 2. (U) Begin unofficia [...]	2006-07-07 05:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT716	A Street Wisdom Primer on Corruption in [...] (SBU) Rampant corruption in Turkmenistan pervades all levels of society. Its root causes include high unemployment, a general lack of civic pride, an unresponsive and incompetent bureaucracy and long-standing societal acceptance of bribery as a way to get better service or advance personally [...]	2006-07-07 05:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG TX PGOV INV SOCI ZK
06ASHGABAT721	Afghan-Turkmen Relations: Mutually Beneficial [...] (SBU) During a July 6 meeting with PolOff, Afghanistan Depuy Chief of Mission Rooz M. Noor discussed bilateral trade, transport routes, political relations, future joint projects and the general state of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan bilateral relations. END SUMMARY Afghan Trade with Turkmenist [...]	2006-07-07 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG TX AF ETRD PGOV SOCI ZK
06ASHGABAT741	AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKMENISTAN NEUTRAL ON [...] (U) ON JULY 3 THE EMBASSY RECEIVED A DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) IN RESPONSE TO THE EMBASSY'S REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN'S CURRENT RESTRICTIONS ON POULTRY IMPORTS. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY REPORTED THAT THE STATE EPIDEMIOLOGICA [...]	2006-07-13 06:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT764	NIYAZOV APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FOR OIL AND [...] (SBU) President Niyazov, accompanied by two deputy chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, held an expanded Cabinet of Ministers meeting on July 10. The president encouraged brevity with the numerous briefings he heard during the edited televised meeting th [...]	2006-07-18 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR EPET TX
06ASHGABAT767	TURKMENISTAN DENIES OVERFLIGHT FOR SUSPECT IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 11:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM ETTC PREL IR CH KN KG TX UZ
06ASHGABAT787	CHARGE DELIVERS P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE DEMARCHE TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 08:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC TX
06ASHGABAT804	THE JULY 24-25 STATE VISIT OF IRANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Iranian President Ahmadinejad was clearly in control, with President Niyazov playing only a secondary role, during the Iranian President,s July 24-25 state visit to Turkmenistan. Notwithstanding the local state media's assertions that the visit centered on developing economic links -- th [...]	2006-07-27 12:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENGR ETRD PARM IR TX UNSC
06ASHGABAT819	ICRC REPRESENTATIVES VISIT ASHGABAT TO DISCUSS [...] (C) During a July 31 meeting, the new Head and Deputy Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross's (ICRC's) Regional Delegation of Central Asia told the Charge that their organization is changing its strategy on seeking access to prisoners. Instead of holding fast to the ICRC's pre [...]	2006-08-02 11:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EAIR IO MARR PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT821	SCENE SETTER FOR PDAS MANN'S AUGUST 13-15 VISIT TO [...] (U) PDAS Mann, welcome back to Ashgabat, we look forward to your return. Your visit will provide us with an opportunity to meet President Niyazov to discuss oil and gas issues and review progress on the key priorities of our bilateral relationship: -- Promotion of democratic reform and h [...]	2006-08-02 13:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT828	FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV SAYS TURKMENISTAN HAS [...] (S) Charge delivered ref A appreciation to Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov on August 3. Meredov took meticulous notes and said he would convey text verbatim to President Niyazov. Meredov added that "for your information only," the Government of Turkmenistan had denied overfligh [...]	2006-08-03 11:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	IR KN PARM PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT840	MYRADOVA ARREST UPDATE [...] (C) Ogulspapar Myradova, Annagurban Amanklychev (alt. Amangylyjov) and Sapardurdy Hajiyev, who are connected to the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation, remain in detention. Post has regular contact with Myradova's previously detained daughters Sona and Mara, and continues to monitor the case a [...]	2006-08-08 12:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT851	A Quiet Violence: Niyazov Destroys More Neighborhoods [...] (SBU) A large neighborhood across the street from the CHG's residence has fallen victim to President Niyazov's dream of a transformed Ashgabat, this time in a particularly brutal fashion. During the weekend of July 29-30, residents were given just 24 - 72 hour eviction notices before demolition [...]	2006-08-09 13:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TNGD PGOV TX
06ASHGABAT856	PETRONAS POSSIBLY LOOKING TO EXPAND ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) Judging by insights provided by the U.S. firm Transocean, the Malaysian Oil Giant Petronas is both consolidating and looking to expand its activities in Turkmenistan. Transocean has drilled four commercially viable wells for Petronas in offshore Block 1 in the Caspian Sea. After the dis [...]	2006-08-10 13:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET MY TX
06ASHGABAT862	LT GENERAL EIKENBERRY VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) Commander, CFC-A met with Minister of Defense, Chief of the State Border Service and Chief of State Civil Aviation Service. The Minister of Defense and Chief of the State Border Service provided a short summary of Turkmenistan support for Afghanistan and questioned why, after five years, [...]	2006-08-11 09:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT864	PRESIDENT NIYAZOV HINTS THAT APPROVAL ON MARY [...] (C) During a August 14 with visiting SCA/PDAS Mann, Turkmenistan's President Niyazov strongly hinted that his government soon would approve the divert agreement for Mary Airfield. Following PDAS Mann's thanks to Turkmenistan for its assistance with Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, [...]	2006-08-14 11:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG TX ZK
06ASHGABAT875	61ST UNGA: TURKMENISTAN'S ATTENDANCE/SUPPORT FOR UNSC [...] (U) Embassy officially requested GOTX plans for UNGA attendance on July 17. Post has not received any response from the GOTX, but anticipates, based on prior precedence, that Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov will attend the UNGA high-level events. Post will communicate any additional informat [...]	2006-08-16 09:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA TX
06ASHGABAT880	DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STUDY TOUR ARRANGEMENTS FOR [...] In response to reftel request to extend an invitation to the Government of Turkmenistan to nominate 10 law enforcement officials to a study tour of the United States this October, the embassy forwarded an official notification to the government on August 15. Embassy requested a list of nominee [...]	2006-08-18 08:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM SNAR OTRA TX
06ASHGABAT883	TURKMENISTAN MEDIA COVERAGE JULY 2006 [...] (U) Turkmenistan state media provided relatively positive coverage of and adequate support for mission events in July. Turkmenistan state television was active and positive in its coverage of ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson's statement on U.S. Independence Day, her farewell meeting with Preside [...]	2006-08-18 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT884	VINTAGE -- BUT SUBDUED -- NIYAZOV ON TRANS-CASPIAN [...] (C) During an August 14 two-hour meeting with SCA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Steven Mann, Turkmenistan's President Niyazov expressed interest in multiple gas pipelines but failed to endorse the practical steps involved. Niyazov supported a new trans)Caspian line, but stated [...]	2006-08-18 10:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET ETRD IR KZ PGOV PREL RS TX
06ASHGABAT899	SUBJECT: IT TAKES A TOUGH MAN'S SON TO MAKE A [...] (C) Turkmenistan continues to get curiouser and curiouser. The embattled but profitable German-Turkmenistan Joint Venture "Shohrat" chicken farm apparently is being slowly but surely expropriated, possibly to end up as a model enterprise for presidential son Murat Niyazov. The Turkmen partn [...]	2006-08-24 03:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EINV KCOR PREL PGOV PHUM TX GM
06ASHGABAT901	TURKMENISTAN REPORTS 2006 NARCOTICS SEIZURE STATISTICS [...] (U) Government of Turkmenistan narcotics seizure statistics report 1,551 kilograms of narcotics seized during the first six months of 2006. Associated government information mainly focuses on Turkmenistan being a transit, and not a destination, country. End Summary. NARCOTICS STATISTICS [...]	2006-08-24 08:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PINR PGOV PBTS TX

06ASHGABAT904	TURKMENISTAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Turkmenistan's state media coverage of the August 13-15 visit to Turkmenistan of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Steven R. Mann included misinformation about the content of his meeting with President Niyazov and downplayed Mann's emphasis on the need for transparency and comp [...]	2006-08-24 12:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT905	EXPANSION PLANS FOR TURKMENISTAN'S NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Petronas subcontractor Bertling Logistics confirmed reftel plans for Petronas to lay two natural gas pipelines from Block 1 to supply a new onshore gas facility in Gyanly, north of the Caspian Sea city of Turkmenbashy. U.K.'s Burren Energy has approached Turkmenistan officials regarding t [...]	2006-08-25 09:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL TX
06ASHGABAT906	KAZAKHSTANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) Kazakhstani Ambassador to Turkmenistan Murat Atanov told Charge on August 21 that Foreign Minister Tokayev is scheduled to visit Ashgabat August 31. According to Atanov, Tokayev's mission will be to "thaw the ice" of Kazakhstan's relations with Turkmenistan. Atanov subsequently told Char [...]	2006-08-25 12:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ MNUC PHUM PREL TX ETRA
06ASHGABAT910	OSCE ON THE MYRADOVA CASE [...] (C) OSCE's Human Dimension Officer Benjamin Moreau on August 24 passed embassy a transcript of meetings he has had with family members of the three Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation activists charged in July of weapons possession (scanned copies have been emailed to the SCA/CEN, per ref a). [...]	2006-08-25 13:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT911	MYRADOVA TRIAL CONCLUDES WITH SIX-YEAR SENTENCE [...] (C) Ogulspapar Myradova on August 25 was found guilty of weapons possession and sentenced to six-year's imprisonment; Annakurban Amanklichev and Sapardury Hajiyev (also spelled Khajyev), who were arrested and tried with her, were both given seven year sentences, according to Myradova's daughte [...]	2006-08-25 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT912	YKLYMOVA WHILES AWAY HER YOUTH AS A HOSTAGE OF [...] (SBU) In response to an e-mail from Saparmurat Yklymov, convicted in absentia in 2002 of conspiring to assassinate President Niyazov, suggesting that his daughter, political prisoner Maral Yklymova, is being physically abused by host country law enforcement, PDOff paid a house visit to Yklymov [...]	2006-08-25 13:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT922	FOREIGN FIRMS PUMP UP THE VOLUME IN TURKMENISTAN'S [...] (SBU) Crude oil production figures among foreign oil firms operating off of Turkmenistan's Caspian Sea coast and onshore in hydrocarbon-rich Balkan province exceed 85,000 barrels a day. The large Petronas support base in Turkmenbashy outfits a fleet of 14 support ships, massive amounts of dr [...]	2006-08-30 12:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON PREL TX
06ASHGABAT929	KAZAKHSTANI FM TOKAYEV IN ASHGABAT: GOOD NEWS FOR [...] (C) An August 30-31 visit by Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Tokayev to Ashgabat ended with an exchange of instruments on a five year-old agreement on delimitation and demarcation of the 400 KM land border between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. The two also agreed to improve transportation links b [...]	2006-09-01 14:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EPET KNNP KZ OSCE PREL TX
06ASHGABAT930	KAZAKHSTANIS IN ASHGABAT SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON [...] (C) Representatives of the Kazakhstani Embassy in Ashgabat gave mixed signals on Turkmenistan's readiness to sign a Central Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (CANWFZ) agreement in Kazakhstan on September 8 (reftels). Kazakhstani DCM Askar Tazhibayev told Charge on August 31 that Foreign Ministe [...]	2006-09-01 14:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KNNP PARM PREL UN KZ TX
06ASHGABAT932	GAZPROM SIGNS $100/TCM DEAL FOR TURKMENISTAN'S NATURAL GAS [...] (SBU) Local Turkmen media reported that visiting Gazprom chairman Alexei Miller initialed an agreement September 5 with President Niyazov to purchase natural gas for $100 per thousand cubic meters (tcm). According to the terms of the contract, Turkmenistan will supply 162 billion cubic meters [...]	2006-09-05 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ETRD PREL TX
06ASHGABAT940	TURKMENISTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. SEAT ON U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 12:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PHUM TX
06ASHGABAT942	TURKMENISTAN REFUSES TO MEET WITH P-3 AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) After five days of unsuccessful efforts by P-3 ambassadors to meet with Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rashit Meredov, it is clear that the Government of Turkmenistan does not intend to engage with the P-3 on the Central Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (CANWFZ) treaty. The U [...]	2006-09-06 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MARR PARM PREL TX UN
06ASHGABAT946	TURKMENISTAN AND MESSAGES ON DETAINEE TREATMENT [...] (SBU) There has been no public comment by or private debate with Government of Turkmenistan officials regarding the treatment of detainees since the start of the Global War on Terror in 2001. As government officials have avoided virtually all contact with embassy over the past month, post ne [...]	2006-09-07 12:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT947	THINKING ABOUT NOT EXTENDING THE JACKSON-VANIK [...] (C) Since the last Jackson-Vanik Waiver review, the Government of Turkmenistan has made no progress on freedom of movement and even has refused to engage with the embassy on the subject. Based on the above, post recommends the Department begin considering not extending the waiver. Charge i [...]	2006-09-07 13:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT948	TURKMENISTAN INTENDS TO SIGN CENTRAL ASIA NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On the sidelines of Tajikistan's September 7 National Day reception, Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov informed Charge that Turkmenistan intends to sign the Central Asia Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone treaty. Meredov provided neither further explanation nor a rationale for refusi [...]	2006-09-08 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MARR PARM PREL TX UN
06ASHGABAT949	TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ASKS [...] (C) After almost a month's wait, Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rashit Meredov, met with Charge and told her there was no such thing as a "black list" of citizens not allowed to travel out of the country. Instead, he said, there were a number of people "temporarily prevented" fro [...]	2006-09-08 14:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT950	TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ASKS [...] (C) After almost a month's wait, Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rashit Meredov, met with Charge and told her there was no such thing as a "black list" of citizens not allowed to travel out of the country. Instead, he said, there were a number of people "temporarily prevented" fro [...]	2006-09-11 02:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT953	Turkmenistan Imports Eggs Before Chickens [...] (SBU) The largest private poultry producer in Turkmenistan, Altyn Hilal, resumed direct market sales of chicken at local markets on September 5, after an involuntary five-month hiatus. The government's covert January 22 ban on imported poultry products had forced Altyn Hilal company owner Ahme [...]	2006-09-12 06:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT954	Demarche Delivered to Turkmenistan on Iranian Nuclear [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 09:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP TX
06ASHGABAT955	TURKMENISTAN -- SUBMISSION FOR ANNUAL BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 11:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE TX
06ASHGABAT957	CALCULATING THE IMPACT OF THE GAZPROM-TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) Embassy estimates Turkmenistan will earn $3.6 billion in 2006 natural gas revenues, and based on the new agreement with Gazprom, will receive $5.9 billion in 2007 natural gas revenues. Turkmenistan will likely attempt to increase gas prices for Iran from the current rate of $65/tcm to a r [...]	2006-09-12 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL TX
06ASHGABAT959	EXPANDING WATER SUPPLIES AND DEVELOPMENT IN [...] (SBU) The construction and redevelopment boom afflicting Ashgabat has not infected Turkmenbashy and Balkanabat, the two main cities in western Balkan welayat (province). However, tourism development is expected in Turkmenbashy, Turkmenistan's main port city, where a new water desalinization p [...]	2006-09-13 02:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TX
06ASHGABAT963	MYRADOVA DIES IN PRISON, CIRCUMSTANCES UNKNOWN [...] (C) Sona and Mara Myradova notified embassy September 14 that their mother, Ogulspapar Myradova, was reportedly dead. After hearing rumors and under continued surveillance, the daughters were asked by Turkmenistani authorities to identify their mother's body at the city morgue after it had be [...]	2006-09-14 14:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT978	Demarche Delivered to Turkmenistan on Sudan's Darfur [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 10:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF KLIG KSUM TX
06ASHGABAT983	RUMORS DISPELLED IN MYRADOVA CASE, BUT SISTERS [...] (C) Embassy personnel visited the Myradova residence late in the evening September 14 and did not observe any excessive security presence, any indication that the police had entered the Myradova residence nor any other reported difficulties, in contradiction to information received reftelcon A [...]	2006-09-15 14:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT984	U.S. Company Loses Heart over Dispute that Attracts Turkmen [...] (SBU) Amcom, a US company with a long-standing contract dispute with "Turkmendokun" State Company over carbon black (a pigment commonly used in automobile tires) supplies, advised embassy not to advocate on its behalf. As Turkmenistan President Niyazov reportedly was made aware of Amcom's con [...]	2006-09-18 09:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO ETRD EINV KIDE TX
06ASHGABAT985	GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM INFORMATION FROM TURKMENISTAN [...] Project Name: Central Asian Program on AIDS Control in Vulnerable Populations Recipient: Republican AIDS Center and the National Coordinating Committee. Project Description: To develop and test approaches and models for increasing coverage of vulnerable HIV/AIDS populations. IT Comp [...]	2006-09-18 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EIAD PHUM TX
06ASHGABAT987	GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN REFUSES TO MAKE PUBLIC [...] (C) On September 16 Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rashit Meredov, emphatically told OSCE Ambassador Djikic that Turkmenistan did not intend to make public the results of the Myradova autopsy. Taking a legalistic approach, Meredov told Djikic that Myradova's case had been handle [...]	2006-09-18 13:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TX
06ASHGABAT995	Diminishing Chicken and Egg Stocks Put Pressure on [...] (SBU) In the wake of the legal case against the largest egg-producing farm in Turkmenistan and lingering prohibitions on imports due to avian influenza concerns, supplies of chicken and eggs have dramatically diminished in local markets. The subsequent increase in chicken and egg prices is put [...]	2006-09-22 12:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT997	TURKMENISTAN'S OIL CHIEF UPBEAT ON OIL AND GAS [...] (SBU) Citing Turkmenistan's estimated reserves of 45 billion metric tons of oil equivalent, Garyagdy Tashliyev, chairman of Turkmenistan's state oil concern, advised emboffs September 13 that Turkmenistan would avoid the refining, sale and storage "mistakes" that previously afflicted the secto [...]	2006-09-22 13:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON PREL TX
06ASHGABAT998	MYRADOVA CASE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPOSITION PRESS [...] (C) A week after the death in prison of Turkmenistan journalist Ogulsapar Myradova, the authorities have not issued an autopsy, and one is not expected for at least another week. Embassy officers have not talked with any members of Myradova's family since September 15, and there are no signs [...]	2006-09-22 13:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TX
06ASTANA42	KAZAKHSTAN: ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER MEETS WITH TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 5 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher and Elisabeth Millard of the NSC, Minister of SIPDIS Transport and Communications Mamin discussed the new $26 billion Transportation Strategy, ambitious plans for Air Astana, and ideas for infrastructure projects aimed t [...]	2006-05-10 16:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAIR KZ AF TI UZ KG TX ZK
06BAKU1144	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH STATE BORDER SERVICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 18 meeting with the Ambassador, State Border Services (SBS) Commander Guliyev described regional conflict as the main source of tensions along Azerbaijan,s land borders and said narcotics trafficking and illegal migration are also a problem. He highlighted the USG-SB [...]	2006-08-03 07:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EAID RU IR AJ KZ TX
06BAKU1242	UPDATE ON CASPIAN DELIMITATION: NOTHING NEW IN [...] (U) On 10 August, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Representative for Caspian Issues Mehdi Safari traveled to Baku for discussions with the GOAJ on the legal status of the Caspian Sea and the possibility of holding the next conference of littoral states in Baku. In addition, accord [...]	2006-08-22 05:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD IR PBTS PGOV PREL AJ TX
06BAKU1845	INITIAL AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO TURKMENBASHI'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOAJ and local Azerbaijani observers are still digesting the news of Turkmen President Niyazov's death, but believe Niyazov,s death could create an opportunity to improve the traditionally poor relationship between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Azerbaijani commentators believ [...]	2006-12-21 13:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET PBTS IR TX AJ
06BAKU431	EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR A/S Fried discussed the role of the Caspian in European energy security with GOAJ, BP, TOTAL, Statoil and ConocoPhillips officials in Baku on March 14. The consensus opinion was that Caspian energy resources, particularly natural gas, could play an important role in meeting f [...]	2006-03-21 13:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR TX
06BAKU582	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN GAS PIPELINE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 3 visit to Azerbaijan, EUR DAS Bryza heard GOAJ interest in a possible "Southern Corridor" of gas pipelines to export gas from Azerbaijan, and perhaps Central Asia through a trans-Caspian gas pipeline (TCP), via Georgia and Turkey to help Europe diversify its gas s [...]	2006-04-17 07:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL PGOV KZ TU TX AJ
06BAKU624	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a wide-ranging discussion on the eve of Ambassador's departure from post, Azerbaijan Energy Minister Natik Aliyev argued for a trans-Caspian gas pipeline bringing natural gas from both Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan through Azerbaijan to European markets. Aliyev also expressed mi [...]	2006-04-24 04:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ PGOV EPET KZ PINR PREL TX
06BAKU650	BP UPDATE ON EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his regular briefing for U.S. and UK Embassy officers on April 25, AIOC President David Woodward gave a downbeat assessment of talks with BOTAS on BTC completion and predicted further delays. SCP is largely on schedule although Woodward continues to argue that it will be [...]	2006-05-01 02:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL AJ TX KZ
06BAKU651	AZERBAIJANI VIEWS OF THE KAZAKHSTAN-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Conversations with senior Azerbaijani official Samir Sharifov and SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nasirov reveal that the GOAJ is pushing for a focused and non-ambiguous Inter-Governmental Agreement for oil transport from Kazakhstan. Sharifov, somewhat mistrustful of Kazakhstan, wan [...]	2006-05-01 02:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL AJ TX KZ
06BAKU659	STATOIL EXECUTIVES ON SCP COMPLETION AND FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Statoil executives in Baku cautioned about on-time completion of the South Caspian Pipeline (SCP) and expressed concern about conditions in both Azerbaijan and Turkey that could be obstacles to further large-scale energy projects. SOCAR has requested that its share of Shah Deniz [...]	2006-05-01 12:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL AJ TX KZ
06BAKU669	CONSULTANT FORSEES SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. A consultant working on a USAID contract predicted serious difficulties for Azerbaijan's power sector in the coming years. The Barmek crisis has scared away private sector investment, and the GOAJ will be forced to rely on loans from IFIs. The consultant recommends that any suc [...]	2006-05-03 10:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EAID PREL AJ AM TX KZ
06BRUSSELS731	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA, [...] (C) Summary: In U.S.-EU COEST Troika consultations on Caucasus and Central Asia on February 23, EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed with EU officials how to change the dynamic of discussions on South Ossetia. Echoing an EU Presidency statement on February 21, EU representatives agreed that the inte [...]	2006-03-06 08:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG AM AJ TX KZ TI KG USEU BRUSSELS
06KIEV3128	UKRAINE: ENERGY MINISTERS ON NEW GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary. In August 10 meetings with Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kluyev and Minister of Fuels and Energy Yuriy Boyko made clear that the new GOU was determined to reach a good outcome in dealings with Russia and Turkmenistan on natural gas supplies. Boyko was confident that [...]	2006-08-11 13:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL PGOV PBIO RS TX UP
06KIEV3758	UKRAINE: RADA ROLLS BACK UTILITY PRICES, BUT WILL IT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Verkhovna Rada (parliament) on September 22 overrode an April presidential veto to pass a law rolling back residential natural gas and electricity prices to January 1, 2006 levels and putting a moratorium on future increases. The law, if it comes into effect, would cancel [...]	2006-09-29 13:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS TX UP
06KYIV3998	UKRAINE'S NATURAL GAS STORAGE: TANKS ARE FULL BUT WHO OWNS [...] (SBU) Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko announced on October 11 that Ukraine had pumped 25.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas into its underground storage facilities. The amount, according to Boyko, was sufficient to both guarantee steady gas transit to Europe and meet increased domestic d [...]	2006-10-18 09:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL RS TX UP
06KYIV4089	UKRAINE GETS $130 NATURAL GAS FOR 2007 WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych confidently announced October 24 that he had just received word from Moscow that Ukraine in 2007 would receive 55 billion cubic meters of imported natural gas at a price no greater than $130 per thousand cubic meters. All that remained, he said [...]	2006-10-25 15:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS TX UP
06KYIV4484	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS DEBT TO ROSUKRENERGO; STILL OWES [...] (U) On December 4, Ukraine's state oil and gas monopolist NaftoHaz paid off its $306 million debt to RosUkrEnergo (RUE) for 1Q2006 natural gas supplies, according to NaftoHaz Deputy Chairman Aleksandr Kovalko. In a December 7 press interview, Kovalko said NaftoHaz paid the debt with part of a [...]	2006-12-07 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN PINR RS TX UP
06LONDON7623	(C) CENTRAL ASIA: SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met in London October 23 with officials of the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID), to exchange views on policy and programs in Central Asia. Key policy points: - Both countries seek to bol [...]	2006-10-26 16:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EAID ZK KZ KG TI TX UZ
06LONDON8441	INITIAL UK REACTION TO NIYAZOV'S DEATH [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office intends a "correct, but very restrained" response to the death of Turkmen President Niyazov: No senior FCO official will travel to Sunday's planned funeral; the UK will likely be represented by the UK Ambassador and a short condolence message [...]	2006-12-21 11:35:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET CASC PHUM PREL TX UK
06MOSCOW13025	MOSCOW REACTION TO TURKMENBASHI'S DEATH [...] (C) Summary. The Russian government reacted cautiously to Turkmenbashi's death and will send the Prime Minister and Head of the Presidential Administration to his funeral. Unofficial reactions encompassed the full range of speculations about succession, and stability in Turkmenistan. Some a [...]	2006-12-21 15:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX RS
06MOSCOW13137	POST-NIYAZOV TURKMENISTAN: VIEWS FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. While the GOR has officially downplayed its concern about the status of existing energy contracts with Turkmenistan following Niyazov's death, observers here consistently report that gas supplies and Turkmenistan's continuing neutrality are Moscow's foremost concerns as the succe [...]	2006-12-28 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON TX RS
06NEWDELHI6582	INDIA KEEPING AN EYE OPEN FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary for Eurasia Jaimini Bhagwati argued that India's role as an observer in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a useful opportunity to help the organization set reasonable priorities. Bhagwati expressed interest in cooperating with the U.S. on techni [...]	2006-09-21 12:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KISL MARR AF UZ TI TX KZ KG
06NEWDELHI8365	PIPELINES, EDUCATION AND SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA: [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a Dec. 13 meeting, Joint Secretary (Eurasia) Jaimini Bhagwati expressed concerns to P/DAS Steven Mann about whether Turkmenistan could live up to its obligations in a proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline. Citing the Indo-Pak relationsh [...]	2006-12-15 06:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KISL EPET ELTN TX KZ TI KG
06SHANGHAI7043	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON SCO AND RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to scholars in Beijing (Reftel), Shanghai SCO scholars told visiting EAP Poloffs in November 1-3 meetings that is unlikely that the SCO will accept new members in 2007, especially Iran. They expect China to continue to promote multilateral economic cooperation within [...]	2006-11-13 09:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH RS UZ TI KZ KG TX
06TOKYO2992	A/S BOUCHER'S MAY 30 MEETING WITH EUROPEAN DDG [...] (C) Summary. MOFA DDG for Europe Takeshi Yagi told visiting SCA A/S Richard Boucher that Japan will hold its second round of Foreign Ministerial-level talks with Central Asian nations on Monday, June 5. Tokyo hopes the Central Asian countries will adopt an Action Plan that will include int [...]	2006-05-31 23:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KZ KG UZ TI TX JA
06TOKYO3193	FOREIGN MINISTERS RELEASE "ACTION PLAN" AT CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary. The June 5 "Central Asia Plus Japan" dialogue in Tokyo produced an "Action Plan" with specific initiatives for regional cooperation in the areas of counterterrorism, counternarcotics, anti-personnel landmine clearance, poverty alleviation, health care, the environment, disaster p [...]	2006-06-09 05:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER PGOV SNAR AF KZ KG UZ TI TX
06USOSCE203	USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY'S VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN: [...] (SBU) This is a joint USOSCE-Embassy Ashgabat message. 2. (C) Summary: During her May 4-5 visit to Ashgabat, USOSCE Ambassador Finley met with GOTX officials to urge progress on human rights and democratic reforms in Turkmenistan. With the exception of FM Rashit Meredov, GOTX interlocut [...]	2006-05-16 09:07:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TX
06WARSAW148	U.S.-POLAND STRATEGIC DIALOGUE II - ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Begin Summary. Septel reports on security and defense issues discussed by EUR A/S Dan Fried and ASD/ISP Peter Flory at the Third U.S.-Polish Strategic Dialogue (SD) January 25 in Warsaw and provides a list of the principal U.S. and Polish participants. This cable reports on the Energy [...]	2006-01-31 18:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL PL UP RS NO AJ TX
07ANKARA1207	TURKEY ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE ON TURKMEN GAS [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Apakan expressed concern about the Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan-Russia gas deal and told Ambassador that Turkey wants closer collaboration with the US on access to Turkmen gas. Ambassador offered to provide what information we have about the Russian agreement and encouraged Ap [...]	2007-05-18 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECIN PREL AJ TX KZ RS TU
07ANKARA1286	TURKEY - PUSHING ON THE SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials express concern about the announced Russia-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan gas agreement, worried that momentum is shifting away from the "southern gas corridor" and Turkey's transit role. Turkish officials want to redouble efforts to work with Turkmenistan, Iraq, Aze [...]	2007-05-25 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ
07ANKARA1481	TURKEY - COVERING OLD GROUND ON TRANSIT TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Energy Minister Hilmi Guler covered familiar ground on gas transit in a June 9 meeting. Ambassador pushed for Turkey and Azerbaijan to meet to resolve issues on the current gas contract, and even more importantly to establish the transit approach for future gas to [...]	2007-06-12 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ IR
07ANKARA1545	TURKEY REVIEWING REQUEST TO DENY OVERFLIGHT [...] (S) Per reftel request, we met with MFA Aviation Department Head Hamit Olcay and South Asia Department Head Murat Yoruk on June 18 to request that Turkey deny overflight clearance to reftel Syrian Arab Airlines aircraft, in accordance with UNSCR 1718. Olcay checked with the MFA flight clearan [...]	2007-06-18 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAIR PARM PREL MNUC TU KN SY AM KZ TI TX UZ
07ANKARA1556	TURKISH MFA CONSULTATIONS WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Undersecretary for the Middle East and South Asia Feridun Sinirlioglu used his consultations in Tehran June 10-14 to review developments in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Lebanon. In debriefing Ambassador June 15, Sinirlioglu said he pressed for but did not get an explanation [...]	2007-06-18 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV IZ AF IR TX TU
07ANKARA1608	TURKEY - ENTHUSIASM FOR TURKENISTAN AND IRAQ GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 13 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler gave a positive and enthusiastic read-out of his recent trip to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Guler was confident that an off-shore Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan connection was workable and wants Turkey [...]	2007-06-25 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ
07ANKARA488	MFA CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's approach to Central Asian countries largely echoes ours: ensuring security and stability, promoting democracy and human rights and fostering economic development and integration. During broad consultations in Ankara, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and MFA interlocutors explor [...]	2007-03-05 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX AJ UZ TI AF KG TU
07ANKARA489	TURKEY EAGER TO COOPERATE ON CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government officials agreed with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum to explore complementary cooperation where possible on our approaches to Central Asia (septel). Representatives from the Turkish General Staff, the Turkish International Cooperation Administration, the Foreign Trade [...]	2007-03-05 08:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX AJ UZ TI AF KG TU
07ANKARA518	TURKEY ENERGY MINISTER ON EXPANDING SOUTHERN GAS [...] (C) On March 6 Ambassador and Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler discussed state of play on the "southern gas corridor," including the potential roles of Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan. The Minister looked forward to the March 9 meeting with Iraqi gas experts in Istanbul as a start on a [...]	2007-03-07 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ TX IZ IR
07ASHGABAT1001	TURKMENISTAN: NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION SERVICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent introductory meeting with U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein, officials of Turkmenistan's National Civil Aviation Service expressed interest in possible developme [...]	2007-09-21 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAIR PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1003	TURKMENISTAN: MEETING WITH INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive byt unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Deirector Shirin Ahmedova told poloff September 21 that the new Human Rights Commission has plans to cooperate closely with the UN and EU. The Commission also wants to devel [...]	2007-09-21 13:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL TX
07ASHGABAT1008	SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: WHO IS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Little in the way of personal detail is known about the real President Berdimuhamedov, but examining rumors, official biographies and the comments of those who have worked with him provide some insight into his personality. Descended from Turkmen intelligentsia, Berdimuhamedov [...]	2007-09-24 07:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1009	TURKMENISTAN: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SUPPLIES READING MATERIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) If you want to know about the United States, there probably is no better source than the Embassy's Public Diplomacy Section. Apparently, the people in charge of the preparations for President Berdimuhamedov's trip to UNGA rea [...]	2007-09-24 09:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1014	TURKMENISTAN: A TURKISH BUSINESSMAN WORRIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Businessman and Turkmenistan insider Ahmet Chalik (protect throughout) describes President Berdimuhamedov as weak because he is beholden to outside interests, principally Russian. He says Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan and President Gul are eager to promote a trilatera [...]	2007-09-24 11:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EPET KDEM TU AJ KZ RS TX
07ASHGABAT1015	TURKMENISTAN: WORLD BANK CAUTIOUSLY LOOKING AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The World Bank's Bishkek-based Country Manager for Turkmenistan, Roger Robinson, told the Charge September 24 that he was in Ashgabat to look for ways the World Bank can re-engage with

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