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Turkmenistan - The United States

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Initial concern over human rights policy delayed United States recognition of Turkmenistan's independence until after February 1992, when alarms over Iran's ventures in Central Asia brought a reevaluation of United States policy. Relations declined in September 1993 when the United States cut trade credits to Turkmenistan to protest the arrest of four human rights activists. Generally, such human rights violations have not impeded relations between the two countries, however. Alexander Haig, former United States secretary of state, acting as consultant to President Niyazov, played a leading role in negotiating most-favored-nation trading status for Turkmenistan in 1993.

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U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan
List of ambassadors of the United States to Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan International Travel Information
United States compared to Turkmenistan - MyLifeElsewhere
Compare The United States To Turkmenistan


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