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Article: RUSSIA PAYS US$4.5 MLN FOR MILITARY PRESENCE IN KYRGYZSTAN.
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- March 26, 2008
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BISHKEK, March 26 Asia Pulse - Russia will pay US$4.5 million for its military presence in Kyrgyzstan, Defense Minister Ismail Isakov said at the news conference yesterday.
There are Russian military facilities in Chui, Jalalabat and Issyk-Kul oblast of Kyrgyzstan. The latter military installation will stay in Kyrgyzstan for 15 more years.
"Extending the term for the Russian presence is mutually beneficial for both countries. The military base will cause no harm to the Issyk-Kul Lake ecological environment," Ismail ...