22.01.2008
Trying to solve the protracted Soviet-era conflicts of Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia and the Transdniester was among Belgium’s top priorities when it assumed the rotating leadership of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2006. 556
Reforms are taking a curious twist in Turkmenistan, a state still regarded as among the most repressive on earth, despite the oft-stated desire of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov to "take care of [Turkmen] citizens' well being." The president wants to give his people the ability to speed freely around the arid Central Asian nation. But at the same time, he seems intent on slamming shut Turkmenistan's last window to the outside world. 547
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