The Turkmen State News Agency reports that the U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan Tracey Ann Jacobson (pictured left) has come to the end of her tenure. She will next be taking up an ambassadorship in Tajikistan. Characteristically, the main business of the final meeting between Jacobson and President Saparmurat Niyazov was mutual congratulation:
“Thanking the Turkmen […]

Russian daily Noviye Izvestiya has speculated that President Saparmurat Niyazov may be succeeded by his son, Murad Saparmurat, in an article published in Tuesday’s issue. It cited Murad Saparmurat’s visit to Dubai last Saturday during which he acted as the head official representative for the Turkmen government as evidence for this claim. The brief […]