JULY 9 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov invited exiled opposition groups to return to the country for a presidential election scheduled for next year. Since becoming president in 2006, Mr Berdymukhamedov has said he wants to open up the authoritarian state although opposition groups said they doubted his invitation was genuine.
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(News report from Issue No. 48, published on July 12 2011)