Turkmenistan has taken comprehensive measures to ensure the reliable protection of its land and sea borders and to strengthen the material and technical base of border guard units, local TV channel Altyn Asyr reports. This was announced at a meeting of the State Security Council by the head of the State Border Service, Yazgeldy Nuryev.
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Serdar Berdimuhamedov noted that "having declared the sacred borders of the fatherland as borders of friendship and brotherhood, Turkmenistan maintains constructive dialogue and fruitful cooperation with all states, especially with neighbouring countries.
The head of state also said that Turkmenistan's military doctrine is purely defensive in nature. Since 1995, Turkmenistan has had the status of positive neutrality and is not a member of any military-political blocs.
Turkmenistan shares land borders with Afghanistan (800 km), Iran (1,148 km), Kazakhstan (458 km) and Uzbekistan (1,650 km). On theCaspian Sea, it borders Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Russia. The total length of Turkmenistan's maritime borders is about 600 km.
Ashgabat conducts regular military and tactical exercises. Turkmenistan's army is considered the third most powerful of the five Central Asian states, after Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. This is according to a report by the Global Firepower think-tank.
Eziz Boyarov
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