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World Factbook: Turkmenistan Transnational Issues


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Turkmenistan


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Turkmenistan Transnational Issues:

Disputes — international:
Cotton monoculture in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan creates water-sharing difficulties for Amu Darya river states; bilateral talks continue with Azerbaijan on dividing the seabed and contested oilfields in the middle of the Caspian; demarcation of land boundary with Kazakhstan has started but Caspian seabed delimitation remains stalled

Illicit drugs:
Transit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russian and Western European markets; transit point for heroin precursor chemicals bound for Afghanistan


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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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