Turkmen, Uzbekistan News

Uzbekistan today is expected to officially leave the Soviet-era regional power grid that unites the country with its three Central Asian neighbors.

GlobalPost Moscow correspondent Miriam Elder recently traveled to Turkmenistan where she reported on the country's stability, below, as well as its new leader and the battle for its natural gas resources.

This week has seen the production of a lot of straight-up BS on Central Asia. Christian has posts going after things reported about Tajikistan and Uzbekistan that don't pass the whiff test.

Established in 2006, News Briefing Central Asia was conceived as a news analysis and comment service drawing on the expertise of a broad range of political observers across the region to contribute to greater public awareness of issues affecting the region.

Image by neweurasia's Schwartz . Click on it to read the story by the Chronicles of Turkmenistan.

The U.S. deputy assistant secretary for South and Central Asian affairs, George Krol, says in an interview with RFE/RL that although the United States seeks democratic changes in the five Central Asian countries, it is not attempting to "force its values or institutions" on them.

Defections from regiona distribution network may destroy Soviet-era effort to ensure equitable sharing of electricity.

Established in 2006, News Briefing Central Asia was conceived as a news analysis and comment service drawing on the expertise of a broad range of political observers across the region to contribute to greater public awareness of issues affecting the region.

Established in 2006, News Briefing Central Asia was conceived as a news analysis and comment service drawing on the expertise of a broad range of political observers across the region to contribute to greater public awareness of issues affecting the region.

Hulusi Kilic, Turkey's Ambassador in Baku, attended the ceremony that took place in Turkish Martyrdom, which was founded in the memory of Turkish soldiers who died while saving Azerbaijan from Armenian and Russian forces in 1918.

Iraqi lawmakers have been in deadlock over laws covering nationwide elections in January, with one of the thorniest issues being the vote in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk.

Turkmen gas exports to Iran via a new pipeline are slated to begin on December 20.

Established in 2006, News Briefing Central Asia was conceived as a news analysis and comment service drawing on the expertise of a broad range of political observers across the region to contribute to greater public awareness of issues affecting the region.

Established in 2006, News Briefing Central Asia was conceived as a news analysis and comment service drawing on the expertise of a broad range of political observers across the region to contribute to greater public awareness of issues affecting the region.

Established in 2006, News Briefing Central Asia was conceived as a news analysis and comment service drawing on the expertise of a broad range of political observers across the region to contribute to greater public awareness of issues affecting the region.

Date : Sat, 3 Oct 2009 23:29:44 PDT Today's Zaman 03 October 2009, Saturday Turkic world to put ties in institutional framework in Nakhchivan President Abdullah Gül traveled to Nakhchivan for a two-day summit of Turkic-speaking countries.

Uzbek and Turkmen deputies did not attend the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking countries in Baku, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani and Uzbek services report.

Gazprom and the government of Turkmenistan have tried to turn over a new leaf in their contentious energy relationship.

Well, it's that time of year again.A Time, of course, for the start of the Uzbek , Turkmen , and soon, Kazakh , cotton harvest.A This is an issue that we cover every year at Registan.net, and since we like to consider ourselves somewhat more aware of Central Asia than our immediate compatriots in North America, I thought it might behoove us to ...

From : Mihran Kalaydjian Date : Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:38:41 +0500 UZBEKISTAN: TASHKENT BANS TURKMEN ANIMAL PRODUCTS Eurasianet http://www.eurasianet.org 9/22/09 Uzbekistan has banned meat and diary imports from Turkmenistan to guard against the spread of a "dangerous epidemiological situation" in the Turkmen province of Dashoguz.