A day after the promulgation of the new constitution (Sept. 12), a sharp resistance materialized in Turkmenistan Saturday 13th September, in form of an “opposition rally” or “radical-muslim stampede“in the streets of Ashgabat,. Yet turkmeni magazines and News agencies report the version of a “Drug dealer shootout”. Little can be confirmed, given the accurate no-comment policy about the incident. Ostensibly, a group of 20-30 armed men stormed a Water Facility and took hostages. The reaction involved tanks and APCs. “Eurasia daily Monitor” makes good points in considering such a disproportional response.
A minor detail leaked though: Turkmenistan asked for help to the FSB in Moscow, showing how strong the CSTO-SCO geometry is. The way the problem was solved in a matter of hours and how the area was secured should recall us that Turkmenistan already knew the lesson by watching the periodical SCO military drills (see Picture) and obtaining the necessary intelligence from Russia and China.
Mysteries and incongruences may still linger, but as a matter of fact it won´t make any difference. The episode was a dangerous menace to the status quo or, to use a more Asian concept, to “Harmony”. Because Harmony and Stability are the purported mark of Central Asia and what precisely Shanghai Cooperation Organization is powered to stand for.
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