Moscow dpa - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was in Turkmenistan on Thursday for talks on energy supplies and to discuss the Central Asian republic's human rights record.

Turkmenistan's possible participation in the construction of a pipeline linking Caspian Sea natural gas producers with European markets was to be a main topic of discussions between Westerwelle and Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov.More ...

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