A huge military parade was staged in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, on October 28 to mark the 21st anniversary of the country's independence.

ASHGABAT Turkmenistan, a country rich in natural gas and strategically located on the borders of Iran and Afghanistan, may be on the brink of transformation.

In this connection, the idea of establishing the Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, with its headquarters in our capital, Ashgabat, is a significant international initiative.

The outline was endorsed by the Ministerial Meeting of the Inter State Sustainable Development Commission in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on 18 June 2005, and the report will be published in 2006.

Niyazov destroyed the country s health care system and neglected its endemic poverty, while spending billions to turn its capital, Ashgabat, into a Las Vegas style wonder of white marble and gold.

Women Ambassadors or Consul Generals are representing Pakistan (in 2003) in I) Algiers, ii) Almaty, iii) Ashgabat, iv) Beirut, v) Bern, vi) Bucharest, vii) Dublin, viii) London, ix) Lisbon, x) Rabat, xi) Warsaw (2003 2004).

All students must still spend one or two class periods per week on the Ruhnama , and, although many classrooms in Ashgabat are now equipped with the latest computers, Internet access remains available only to a few government officials and foreign guests.

3. Regrets the decision of the Government of Turkmenistan not to renew the accreditation for the Head of the Centre of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe at Ashgabat, but hopes that the Turkmen authorities will cooperate fully with her successor

During almost 10 years of cooperation between Turkmenistan and UNHCR and its office in Ashgabat, dozens of programmes and projects had come into existence, designed to create the best possible living and working conditions for refugees. They focused mainly on the allocation of housing and plots of land and access to jobs, education and health care.