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TURKMEN PRESIDENT TO VISIT CHINA IN EARLY APRIL
Little is known about Turkmenistan, a reclusive Central Asian state of just 5.5 million. Since gaining independence in 1991, the former Soviet republic has remained largely isolated, despite its vast energy reserves, estimated to be amongst the largest in the world.
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:8q0aqSMVIU4J:turkmenistan.usembassy.gov/IRIN_interview.html+turk...
Much of Turkmenistan’s importance is due to the fact that it borders the Caspian Sea.
On April 11, John J Fialka of the Wall Street Journal revealed that the US Department of Defense will spend $100 million over the next few years to establish the "Caspian Guard", a network of police forces and special operations units "that can respond to various emergencies, including attacks on oil facilities". Russia is also expanding its Caspian Fleet, as it too presses its claims to offshore fields in the region. Under such circumstances, it is all too easy to imagine how a minor confrontation could erupt into something much more serious, involving the US, Russia, Iran, and other countries.
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Turkmenistan is also targeted for 'democracy' which has very little to do with democracy and more to do with oil, gas and politics.
-Am
TURKMEN PRESIDENT TO VISIT CHINA IN EARLY APRIL
March 19, 2006]
(Interfax News Agency Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)ASHGABAT. March 17 (Interfax) - Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov will be on a state visit to China on April 2-7.
Addressing a Cabinet session on Thursday, Niyazov said that his visit was aimed at bolstering cooperation with China - "a partner with which Turkmenistan shares a century-long history of relations and good traditions."
"China today is a rapidly developing country. The pace of its economic growth is among the fastest in the world. The nation is also one of the world's leading developers of technology," he said.
"All this opens up broad prospects for our further effective bilateral partnership," the president said.
Long-term sales of Turkmen natural gas to China will also top the agenda of the meetings in China.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/03/19/1470521.htm
Little is known about Turkmenistan, a reclusive Central Asian state of just 5.5 million. Since gaining independence in 1991, the former Soviet republic has remained largely isolated, despite its vast energy reserves, estimated to be amongst the largest in the world.
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:8q0aqSMVIU4J:turkmenistan.usembassy.gov/IRIN_interview.html+turk...
Much of Turkmenistan’s importance is due to the fact that it borders the Caspian Sea.
On April 11, John J Fialka of the Wall Street Journal revealed that the US Department of Defense will spend $100 million over the next few years to establish the "Caspian Guard", a network of police forces and special operations units "that can respond to various emergencies, including attacks on oil facilities". Russia is also expanding its Caspian Fleet, as it too presses its claims to offshore fields in the region. Under such circumstances, it is all too easy to imagine how a minor confrontation could erupt into something much more serious, involving the US, Russia, Iran, and other countries.
#msg-6368606
Turkmenistan is also targeted for 'democracy' which has very little to do with democracy and more to do with oil, gas and politics.
-Am
TURKMEN PRESIDENT TO VISIT CHINA IN EARLY APRIL
March 19, 2006]
(Interfax News Agency Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)ASHGABAT. March 17 (Interfax) - Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov will be on a state visit to China on April 2-7.
Addressing a Cabinet session on Thursday, Niyazov said that his visit was aimed at bolstering cooperation with China - "a partner with which Turkmenistan shares a century-long history of relations and good traditions."
"China today is a rapidly developing country. The pace of its economic growth is among the fastest in the world. The nation is also one of the world's leading developers of technology," he said.
"All this opens up broad prospects for our further effective bilateral partnership," the president said.
Long-term sales of Turkmen natural gas to China will also top the agenda of the meetings in China.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/03/19/1470521.htm
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