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A view of the Arch of Neutrality monument on a street in central Ashgabat lined with national flags in 2006. Erected in 1998, the arch was moved to the suburbs of the capital in 2010.

A document adopted last month marking the 25th anniversary of permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan is of great importance as it urges neutrality to maintain peace and mutual understanding ...

Vew from the Arch of Neutrality in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat. On December 12, there will be massive celebrations across Turkmenistan to mark the 20th anniversary of the day the United Nations ...

The Monument of Neutrality in the foothills of Kopet Dagh has opened today in Ashgabat to celebrate the Day of Neutrality, an official Turkmen source said.

There are many attractions, among them being the 75 metre-high Arch of Neutrality with the revolving golden statue of Turkmenbashi — Saparmurat Niyazov — the controversial and eccentric leader ...

In a plaza on the southern outskirts of Turkmenistan’s capital, Ashgabat, sits a rocket-shaped monument called the Arch of Neutrality.

The 75-meter-high Arch of Neutrality, crowned by a golden statue of late President Saparmut Niyazov, is to be moved out of the center of Ashgabat.

The Turkmen government has been proudly proclaiming its UN-recognized status as a neutral country for more than 20 years now. Ashgabat's policy of "positive neutrality" is, since September 2016, even ...

Turkmen workers in central Ashgabat on dismantle the Neutrality Arch, a gold-plated statue of former Turkmenistan's President Saparmurat Niyazov (Turkmenbashi).

ASHGABAT (Reuters) - A rotating gold statue of Turkmenistan's former leader is to be removed from the centre of the capital, state media said on Saturday, as his successor chips away at the late ...