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bobdina
08-01-2009, 05:36 PM
CHOLPON-ATA, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan on Aug. 1 agreed to allow Russia to station more troops in the Central Asian country as Moscow seeks to increase its military influence in the region.

A memorandum signed by Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev said Kyrgyzstan had "approved a proposal by Russia to house an additional Russian military contingent in Kyrgyzstan".

The memorandum, signed at the resort of Cholpon-Ata on Kyrgyzstan's Lake Issyk Kul, said the size of the contingent could be up to a battalion.

The two sides also vowed to sign a formal agreement by November 1 on the formal status of Russian bases in Kyrgyzstan, the memorandum said.

Russia already has one base in Kyrgyzstan, the Kant airbase outside the capital Bishkek.

However it is also seeking a second base in the southern city of Osh that would house the newly proposed rapid reaction force of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), an ex-Soviet group dominated by Moscow.

Kyrgyzstan in June agreed to let U.S. forces remain at the Manas airbase outside Bishkek, used to support operations in Afghanistan, effectively reversing a previous decision in a move seen by many as a blow for Moscow.

It is currently the only country in the world to house both Russian and U.S. bases.


http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4215987&c=EUR&s=TOP

Reactor-Axe-Man
08-02-2009, 01:43 PM
God willing, the Russians will import some desperately needed vowels to Kyrgyzstan as well as troops.

GTFPDQ
08-02-2009, 03:05 PM
Epic one liner there, Axe-Man.

It is strange to think that the US and the Russians are in the same country, at opposite ends of the field. Hope nobody blows for a kick-off.

ghost
08-02-2009, 08:09 PM
Epic one liner there, Axe-Man.

It is strange to think that the US and the Russians are in the same country, at opposite ends of the field. Hope nobody blows for a kick-off.


Hmm. Very interesting.