SG/SM/12836-AFR/1962
The following statement was issued on Saturday, 10 April, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, in the evening of 1 April 2010, on the first leg of a week-long tour of Central Asia.