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Powell is more than 6,500 miles from Ashgabat, the capital of the central Asian republic of Turkmenistan.
But Northwest College has caught the attention of one of the country’s …
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Powell is more than 6,500 miles from Ashgabat, the capital of the central Asian republic of Turkmenistan.
But Northwest College has caught the attention of one of the country’s diplomatic leaders at the Turkmenistan embassy in Washington, D.C., due to the presence of 11 Turkmen students at the school, out of around 500 studying in the U.S.
“I was amazed, fascinated that so many Turkmen students are in one college,” said Shohrat Pirmuhammedov, First Secretary and Consul at the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Washington, D.C.
He said he thinks it’s the most students at any one college in the country.
He met those students Tuesday after they had helped prepare a traditional Turkmen meal of rice, meat, soup and flatbreads to accompany a talk by Pirmuhammedov on the longstanding neutrality of Turkmenistan, which declared its independence from the USSR in 1991.
Since then, the country has been home to a number of peace and neutrality conferences and recently hosted a conference on “The Role of Neutrality in Strengthening International Peace” to celebrate 30 years of neutrality.
“I think we need peace and trust now as never before,” he said.
