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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
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Turkmenistan
Index
Since independence, Turkmenistan has taken major initiatives by making
national security and economic development agreements. Security agreements
have focused on military cooperation with Russia and on border security
with Iran and Afghanistan. In the economic area, President Niyazov has
concentrated on developing gas and oil exports and the pipeline transport
infrastructure, especially in cooperation with Iran, Turkey, and Pakistan.
A recent transportation dispute underscored the urgency of
Turkmenistan's finding a new pipeline route by which to send its natural
gas to Europe through Iran and Turkey. From February through September
1992, Turkmenistan was engaged in a gas-transport price war with Ukraine
that provoked the latter to withhold food shipments. In addition, Ukraine
refused to transship 500 tons of Turkmenistan's cotton to Turkey,
prompting an ambitious program to build Turkmenistan's railroad links with
its southern neighbors.
Data as of March 1996
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