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Turkmenistan prepares military parade to mark Independence Day

By Dzhumaguly Annayev

ASGHABAT -- Turkmenistan is preparing for a military parade in Ashgabat on Independence Day (October 27), Radio Vatan reported September 8.

President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov ordered Defence Minister Yailim Berdiyev to make preparations for the event, which is "supposed to demonstrate the army's might and the irreproachable skill and mastery of Turkmen troops", according to state-owned media.

Turkmenistan uses exercises to show the military's abilities to repulse threats to national security, observers say.

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