The presidents of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan say they have agreed on closer cooperation between their countries on energy and transportation projects that could also involve Afghanistan, Pakistan, and countries in the South Caucasus.
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and his government just cannot seem to get a break lately. Not that they necessarily deserve it. But all the same, Turkmenistan's last realistic hope to export a significant amount of additional natural gas to a customer has just evaporated.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyaev has arrived in Turkmenistan on his first official foreign trip since taking office in December.
Security was tight in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, where leaders of 10 countries were gathering. The countries are members of a group called the Economic Cooperation Organization, which was established in 1985 by Iran, Turkey, and Pakistan. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
Vladimir Putin makes a trip to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan on February 27-28. Two of the countries -- Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- are members of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), and Tajikistan is currently negotiating entry into the organization. The EEU is bound to be on the agenda when Putin meets with all three Central Asian leaders.
Pakistan is scheduled to host a multination conference in Islamabad next week aimed at increasing trade and cooperation between regional countries.
Turkmen journalist and RFE/RL contributor Khudayberdy Allashov and his mother, Kurbantach Arazmedova, have been released from custody after spending 2 1/2 months in detention.
Amnesty International says human rights around the world are under threat because of politicians who are using "toxic, dehumanizing" rhetoric against ethnic or religious minorities in order to strengthen their political powers.
Turkmenistan's rubberstamp parliament is about to lose its rubber stamp, again.
Avalanches across Central Asia have claimed several lives in recent days.
Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has been sworn in for a third seven-year term as Turkmenistan's president.
State media in Turkmenistan are reporting that 828 prisoners have been pardoned by President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov.
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