DUSHANBE, June 15, 2012, Asia-Plus – New Turkmen ambassador to Tajikistan has taken up her duties.

The Turkmen Embassy in Dushanbe reports the new Turkmen Ambassador to Tajikistan, Ms. Chinar Rustamova, arrived in Dushanbe on June 11 and she already took up her duties.

Ms Chinar Rustamova, who had previously served as Counselor of the Turkmen Embassy in New Delhi, was appointed Turkmen Ambassador to Tajikistan on May 25, 2012.  She was given the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

She has become the second woman in Turkmenistan holding diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

In 1995, Ms. Aksoltan Atayeva was given diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.  In February 1995, Ms. Atayeva, formerly Minister of Health, was appointed Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations.  Since July 2008, she has also been Turkmen Ambassador to Cuba.