Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Dec. 10 / Trend H.Hasanov /
Turkmen President Gurbangulu Berdimuhammedov signed a decree pardoning prisoners in honor of Neutrality Day in Turkmenistan, the government reported.
This year, Turkmenistan marks the fifteenth anniversary of its adoption of a neutral status.
Earlier, Berdimuhammedov signed a decree pardoning prisoners in honor of the sacred Muslim holiday Omnipotence Night (Gadyr Gijesi). The decree pardoned 3,999 people sentenced to imprisonment, including foreign nationals, who committed crimes in Turkmenistan.