Turkmenistan announces autumn conscription

President of Turkmenistan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the country's armed forces Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a decree on dismissal from military service of citizens serving under conscription and regular call-up of citizens for military service, the news program "Vatan" of Turkmen TV reported.

According to the document, in all five velayats of the country, the fall conscription campaign will begin on October 1 and will last until the end of December 2022.

Male citizens who have no right to deferment of call-up, whose age on the day of call-up has reached 18 years, as well as older citizens who have lost the right to deferment of call-up for military service, will be drafted into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan.

Also, by a special order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the heads of military ministries and departments were instructed to discharge soldiers who had served their statutory terms according to their discharge plans, to encourage those with excellent combat and social and humanitarian training in a solemn atmosphere.