Tag: Turkmenistan

Open newsletter – february 22, 2022

AFGHANISTAN The Taliban is creating a “grand army” for Afghanistan that will include officers and troops who served the old regime, says the official tasked...

Open newsletter – february 21, 2022

from: Al Jazeera, Asia Times, Corriere della Sera, East Asia Forum, Euractiv, Global Times, Reuters, RFE RL, RUSI, TASS, The Interpreter, The Strategist  AFGHANISTAN The United...

Internet In Turkmenistan, Already The World’s Slowest, Faces Further Restrictions (RFE RL)

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has ordered the National Security Ministry to impose further controls on the Internet in the tightly controlled Central Asian nation, which is...

Minister: Iran-Turkmenistan trade volume increases by 84 percent (IRNA)

Iranian Minister of Road and Urban Development Rostam Qasemi and Turkmen Vice-President Serdar Berdimuhamedow in a meeting here on Saturday referred to the 84...

New Gas Cooperation Between Iran and Turkmenistan: Prospects and Limitations (Vali Kaleji, The Jamestown Foundation)

In a remarkable sign of tightening relations, Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan signed a trilateral natural gas swap deal on the sidelines of the 15th summit...

Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan Sign Agreement On Gas Swap, Iranian Media Report (RFE RL)

Iran, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan have signed a trilateral gas swap deal for up to 2 billion cubic meters per year, Iranian media reported. The agreement...

Turkmenistan’s dissidents fear crackdown in Turkish exile (Umar Farooq, Al Jazeera)

On a chilly afternoon in Istanbul’s Kadikoy neighbourhood, Nurmukhammed Annaev poked his head out of the window looking for fellow dissidents from Turkmenistan who...

Infrastructures ready to implement Iran-Turkmenistan railroad project (IRNA)

The infrastructures are ready for implementing the new agreement between Iran and Turkmenistan on railroad project via Sarakhs border in northeastern Iranian province of...

Russia, Turkmenistan sign cooperation program for 2021-2023 (TASS)

Russia and Turkmenistan have signed an economic cooperation program for 2021-2023 during a bilateral intergovernmental commission meeting in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat, the country’s TDH...

In first, Turkmenistan shows off Bayraktar TB2 drone (Tayfun Ozberk, Defense News)

Turkmenistan unveiled for the first time its Bayraktar TB2 combat drones during a Sept. 27 military parade marking the country’s 30th anniversary of independence...

(China/Turkmenistan/Afghanistan) A long-term strategic partnership in the energy field

Global Times writes: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Turkmenistan and had exchanges with the deputy prime minister of Turkmenistan over...

(Azerbaijan/Turkmenistan) Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan Seek to Expand Cooperation on Caspian Energy Production (Rauf Mammadov, The Jamestown Foundation)

A 30-year feud over an offshore oil field located between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan in the Caspian Sea has finally come to an end. In...

TURKMENISTAN – Turkmenistan, Now With Soviet-Style Deficits, on Brink of Explosion (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

Turkmenistan, far and away the most closed country in the former Soviet space, seldom receives much attention except as the butt of dismissive jokes...