BERLIN -- Turkmen and German officials at an August 29 news conference in Berlin announced Turkmenistan's decision to consider allowing foreign diplomats to visit Turkmen prisons, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported August 30.
The news conference occurred on the day that Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov conferred with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on a number of issues.
Turkmenistan has begun working on constitutional reform, Berdymukhamedov said during his visit to Berlin.
