Database of publications / TURKMENISTAN LAUNCHES A NEW UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTION FOR CENTRAL ASIA.

Turkmenistan was conferred the status of permanent neutrality during the 50th UN General Assembly session on December 12, 1995. Since this date, Turkmenistan distanced itself from any political or economic unions in Central Asia, as well as integration efforts in the security sphere on post-Soviet territory. However, this isolationist stance appears to have taken an entirely opposite route with the change of power a year ago, as President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov embarks on progressive foreign policy issues.

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