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> Russia to extend lease of Tajikistan military base
> 18:40 02/09/2011
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> DUSHANBE, September 2 (RIA Novosti)
> The presidents of Russia and Tajikistan agreed to prepare in early
> 2012 an agreement extending Russia's lease of a military base in
> Tajikistan by 49 years.
>
> Moscow and Dushanbe are currently in talks on the continued
> market-based lease of a base in Tajikistan by the Russian military.
> Talks to extend the lease beyond 2014 were held at the working-group
> level in August.
>
> "We agreed to instruct our departments that a new forward-looking
> agreement for 49 years should be prepared for signing in the first
> quarter of the next year," Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said.
>
> In exchange, Russia will provide Tajikistan's army with up-to-date
> weaponry, a source within the Russian Defense Ministry said.
>
> He added that the presidents have also agreed to sign a new agreement
> on the joint use of Ayni airport near Dushanbe.
>
> Medvedev and his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rakhmon confirmed their
> determination to finalize the deal in the agreed timeframe.
>
> A total of 17,000 Russian troops are serving at three Russian military
> units in Dushanbe, the southwestern city of Qurgonteppa some 100 km
> from Dushanbe, and Kulob, about 200 km to the southwest of the
> capital. Russian troops in Tajikistan constitute Moscow's largest
> ground force deployed abroad.
>
>
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