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BY : Xinhua
Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Khamrokhon Zarifi said Wednesday that his country has not signed any pact or held any negotiations with India on the deployment of the Indian air force base in Tajikistan.
The Times of India reported earlier that the Indian Defense Ministry planned to deploy Mi-17 helicopters and training aircraft at the Aini airfield in Tajikistan and turn the site into an Indian air force base.
According to reports from Dushanbe, Zarifi was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying that Tajik-Indian cooperation only covered the development of the Aini infrastructure by Indian engineers, and was not related to the deployment of a military base.
The Aini airfield is located 15 km west of Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe.
The Tajik defense ministry also issued a statement Tuesday denying the reports. |
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