Turkmenistan
Charge d'Affaires Richard Miles
Background Notes
Country Studies (Library of Congress) 
United Nations General Assembly
Assistant Secretary Blake (Sept 21.): "In terms of some of the big issues that we discussed today, I guess the top one on the agenda was Afghanistan. And the Secretary thanked the president for Turkmenistan’s assistance there. As many of you know, the Turkmen maintain a policy of what they call positive neutrality; that is that they’re trying to balance all the different powers in the region – Iran, Russia, the United States – and kind of keep them in rough balance." -Full Text
Assistant Secretary Blake (Sept 21.): "In terms of some of the big issues that we discussed today, I guess the top one on the agenda was Afghanistan. And the Secretary thanked the president for Turkmenistan’s assistance there. As many of you know, the Turkmen maintain a policy of what they call positive neutrality; that is that they’re trying to balance all the different powers in the region – Iran, Russia, the United States – and kind of keep them in rough balance." -Full Text
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