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Turkmenistan
Index
Initial concern over human rights policy delayed United States
recognition of Turkmenistan's independence until after February 1992, when
alarms over Iran's ventures in Central Asia brought a reevaluation of
United States policy. Relations declined in September 1993 when the United
States cut trade credits to Turkmenistan to protest the arrest of four
human rights activists. Generally, such human rights violations have not
impeded relations between the two countries, however. Alexander Haig,
former United States secretary of state, acting as consultant to President
Niyazov, played a leading role in negotiating most-favored-nation trading
status for Turkmenistan in 1993.
Data as of March 1996
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