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- Turkmenistan, Malaysia seal taxation pact
TURKMENISTAN yesterday became Malaysia's 69th taxation treaty partner with the signing of an agreement on double taxation. The agreement also sets out procedures to prevent tax evasion, a Wisma Putra statement said. The agreement was signed by Minister
- Insecurity impedes gas pipeline project
KABUL (PAN): Lack of agreement among unical, NATO and coalition forces over security of gas pipeline (Turkmenistan, Afghanistan to Pakistan) has put the implementation of the project at jeopardy. Argentinean fuel company Braidas first started to extend
- Germany and Austria: Press Turkmenistan on Rights
President?s Visit a Chance to Seek Release of Political Prisoners, Access for Rights Monitors (New York, November 13, 2008) ? Germany and Austria should use meetings with the president of Turkmenistan to press for human rights reforms, Human Rights
- Attacks on Russian holiday kill 2
(AP)
AP - Russian youths killed two people from Central Asia and assaulted two others, including a Turkmen diplomat, in separate attacks that came on a national holiday celebrating Russian unity, officials said Wednesday.
- Turkmenistan, Latvia Sign Four Cooperation Documents
(nCa) --- Turkmenistan and Latvia signed Wednesday in Ashgabat four documents for expanding mutual cooperation. The presidents of both the countries issued a joint statement. The documents were signed after a meeting between Turkmen President
- TURKMENISTAN BUILDS ON ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH LATVIA
Since the death of 'Turkmenbashi' President for life Saparmurat Niyazov on December 21, 2006, Western governments and energy companies have been falling over themselves to be in on the development of Turkmenistan's vast natural gas reserves, estimated
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Annexed by Russia between 1865 and 1885, Turkmenistan became a Soviet republic in 1925. It achieved its independence upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. President NIYAZOV retains absolute control over the country and opposition is not tolerated. Extensive hydrocarbon/natural gas reserves could prove a boon to this underdeveloped country if extraction and delivery projects can be worked out.
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