The chairman-in-office at the OSCE, Austrian foreign...

The chairman-in-office at the OSCE, Austrian foreign minister Benita Ferrero-Waldne was received by the President of Turkmenistan Saparmyrat Turkmenbashy. Ferrero-Waldne noted the positive international response to the Turkmen president's decision to abolish the death penalty and to ban searches in Turkmens' houses.