The president of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, received on 15 December the ambassador and head of the OSCE centre in Ashgabat, Ibrahim Djikic, whose terms of diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan has come to an end.
Uzbekistan has finally set gas supply terms for Kyrgyzstan. This year the gas price will reach $300 per each 1,000m3, the Kyrgyzgaz public corporation informed the news agency “24.kg†Monday after returning from Tashkent where official gas talks took place.
First of all, measures on financial sector stabilization are directed on protection of Kazakhstan people interests. Nursultan Nazarbaev, Kazakh President announced this at the celebratory meeting on Kazakhstan Independence Day in Astana today.
The third session of working group on universal periodic review of UN Human Rights Council finished December 15. During this session the report about the situation in Uzbekistan was made. 55 participants took part in the discussion.
The CIS observer mission made a statement on results of monitoring of the election campaign and conduct of election of deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan of the fourth convocation at a press conference in Ashgabat on 15 December.
The Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ, has rated Uzbekistan as one of the five worst offending countries for detaining journalists and violating press expression.
Turkmenistan held elections of deputies to Majilis of IV convocation. Number of voters amounted to 2 million 594 thousand 658 people, or 93.87% of all Turkmen citizens eligible to vote by 18.00 local time.
