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" I told the Minister that I attach importance to us following up on some of the issues that I discussed with President Niyazov when I visited Turkmenistan in March " , said Minister de Hoop Scheffer after the meeting at UN headquarters in New York . We went in the second time with no objective other than to have some kind of force there that we assumed and hoped would be the support within the country that would enable us to bring peace to the region , which of course it did not . The signing of a gas agreement between Turkmenistan and Ukraine , which was on the Summit agenda , has been postponed until October , and the second session of the joint Turkmen-Russian commission on dual citizenship also appears unlikely to meet as scheduled this month . According to meeting co-organizer Vitalii Ponomarev , Turkmenistan is the only country in Central Asia where no alternative political parties are allowed to exist . Turkmenistan is not planning to soften its stance or make any " favours " in this issue . Many people who own a car , a motorbike or have a state-owned lorry at their disposal are vying to cash in on the gap between the petrol prices . Jan Matthyssen and President Nyyazov also discussed prospects for economic cooperation between Turkmenistan and Belgium . But there was no rallying point , no issue beyond the basic clash of political ideals that overwhelmed international sensibilities . " no big deal . For two days after his deportation , Begmedov attempted to submit a complaint about his beating in Ashgabat . On November 8 , Turkmenistan signed the Framework Convention on Environmental Protection of the Caspian Sea after a period of indecision , four days after Azerbaijan , Iran , Kazakhstan , and the Russian Federation had signed the document . The provisions relating to registration and what registered religious organisations can do are irrelevant to almost all religious communities , as they know they will never be allowed to attain this status , even if they can complete the necessary documentation . The TV also read out a message from the French president , Jacques Chirac , to his Turkmen opposite number , in which he told his " very dear and great friend " that he had appointed Richard to this post in order to maintain and strengthen " cordial relations " between the two countries . Similarly , this week also saw a continuation of the stream of public criticism of Turkmenistan 's human rights practices by foreign officials . When we went through it , Tom Moorman really got on this item pretty heavily when we were going through our group interactions . No documents concerning the reasons for the deportation of the arrestee were ever produced , the police referred only to an " order from high up . Those breaking the law who have already been punished within the space of a year under the Code of Administrative Offences " are to be punished by a fine of between ten and thirty average monthly wages , or corrective labour for a term of up to one year , or deprivation of freedom for a term of up to six months , with confiscation of illegally received means . Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov made such a disappointing conclusion yesterday after having heard the reports of the regional governors and leadership of agriculture .