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Turkmenistan: Welcome Openings, Sad Closings

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Turkmenistan, Environment, Human Rights, International Relations, Politics, Religion

Patrick Frost says [1] that Turkmenistan’s ‘opening up’ diplomatically from isolationist and totalitarian Niyazov era has been proven by the nation’s participation in the latest NATO Summit, EU Troika, and warming of relations with Turkey. But religious and personal freedoms still lag behind, he notes.