ASHGABAT. Oct 4 (Interfax-AVN) - Turkmenistan, faithful to its international commitments, will not facilitate the movement of weaponry or place its military bases at anyone's disposal, President Saparmurad Niyazov said in Ashgabat on Thursday at his meeting with Kazakh ambassador Amangeldy Zhumabayev.
Zhumabayev gave Niyazov a message from Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, following which the two men discussed bilateral and regional issues, a source in the presidential headquarters told Interfax.
Special attention was given to the U.S.'s intention to deliver a retaliatory strike at terrorist bases in Afghanistan.
Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are equally supportive of the idea to set up an anti-terrorist coalition, but "do not think it is possible to punish an entire nation," the two men said.