Comments on: The Ideal Patient http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2005/12/14/54/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 5 Dec 2008 04:03:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: turkmenistan.neweurasia.net » Mr. Steinmeier in Turkmenistan http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2005/12/14/54/#comment-5783 turkmenistan.neweurasia.net » Mr. Steinmeier in Turkmenistan Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:04:22 +0000 http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2005/12/14/54/#comment-5783 [...] However, as an example, German-Turkmen relations are already quite far-reaching: Turkmen doctors are healing Niyazov, Lufthansa flies almost daily to Ashgabad, Daimler-Chrysler has translated the Rukhnama into German and Deutsche Bank allegedly administers Turkmenbashi’s fabled riches. But, apparently, Germany is keen on extending its relations, especially in the framework of a new EU energy directive aimed to diversify the Union’s gas supplies. So, the Turkmen side can largely ignore the criticism of its human rights situation, argues Nathan on The Registan, also in the light of Steinmeier’s rather different tone in Uzbekistan. In an interview with Tagesschau.de, Central Asia expert Dr. Andrea Schmitz echoes the same sentiment: Wenn man so offenkundig an Geschäftsbeziehungen mit einer Diktatur interessiert ist - und dies ganz unabhängig von Menschenrechtserwägungen, dann darf man nicht erwarten, dass Ermahnungen, die Menschenrechtssituation zu verbessern, sonderlich ernst genommen werden. Möglicherweise wird man über das Thema reden, aber am Ende des Tages zählen nicht Worte, sondern Taten - und in diesem Fall werden diese von der Handelsbilanz diktiert. [...] […] However, as an example, German-Turkmen relations are already quite far-reaching: Turkmen doctors are healing Niyazov, Lufthansa flies almost daily to Ashgabad, Daimler-Chrysler has translated the Rukhnama into German and Deutsche Bank allegedly administers Turkmenbashi’s fabled riches. But, apparently, Germany is keen on extending its relations, especially in the framework of a new EU energy directive aimed to diversify the Union’s gas supplies. So, the Turkmen side can largely ignore the criticism of its human rights situation, argues Nathan on The Registan, also in the light of Steinmeier’s rather different tone in Uzbekistan. In an interview with Tagesschau.de, Central Asia expert Dr. Andrea Schmitz echoes the same sentiment: Wenn man so offenkundig an Geschäftsbeziehungen mit einer Diktatur interessiert ist - und dies ganz unabhängig von Menschenrechtserwägungen, dann darf man nicht erwarten, dass Ermahnungen, die Menschenrechtssituation zu verbessern, sonderlich ernst genommen werden. Möglicherweise wird man über das Thema reden, aber am Ende des Tages zählen nicht Worte, sondern Taten - und in diesem Fall werden diese von der Handelsbilanz diktiert. […]

]]> By: Berlin MD http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2005/12/14/54/#comment-40 Berlin MD Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:59:51 +0000 http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2005/12/14/54/#comment-40 Wow, what an exclusive medical staff. Unfortunately I can't say much about these doctors, since there are a lot of Professors in Germany! One thing I can tell for sure is that these guys take a lot of money for their service and that it has absolutely nothing in common with "a bridge of co-operation". It is a well paid medical service for Niyazov, while in Turkmenistan "there is great health need, particularly amongst children, women and in the more rural parts of the country..."* *:WHO Country information Turkmenistan. See: http://www.euro.who.int/countryinformation/CtryInfoRes?language=english&Country=TKM Wow, what an exclusive medical staff. Unfortunately I can’t say much about these doctors, since there are a lot of Professors in Germany! One thing I can tell for sure is that these guys take a lot of money for their service and that it has absolutely nothing in common with “a bridge of co-operation”. It is a well paid medical service for Niyazov, while in Turkmenistan “there is great health need, particularly amongst children, women and in the more rural parts of the country…”*

*:WHO Country information Turkmenistan.
See: http://www.euro.who.int/countryinformation/CtryInfoRes?language=english&Country=TKM

]]> By: Ben http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2005/12/14/54/#comment-39 Ben Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:44:44 +0000 http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2005/12/14/54/#comment-39 Oh my god... I will ask a friend of mine (a becoming German doctor), who also blogs (here: http://berlinmd.blogspot.com/), to comment on this benevolent involvement of German doctors to the benefit of the Turkmen nation. Oh my god… I will ask a friend of mine (a becoming German doctor), who also blogs (here: http://berlinmd.blogspot.com/), to comment on this benevolent involvement of German doctors to the benefit of the Turkmen nation.

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