DUSHANBE (TCA) — As China’s military influence in Tajikistan grows, we are republishing this article by Joshua Kucera, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
Russia has promised a “large quantity” of military aircraft to Tajikistan over the next year. The aid is part of a deal that the two countries signed in 2012, but which has taken on more urgency since Moscow began worrying about China’s military/diplomatic advances in Tajikistan. The deal was announced on November 30 at a meeting of defense ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Moscow. “Next year the key phase of our military-technical cooperation will begin, the …read more
Source: The Times of Central Asia
