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Article: U.S. Military Presence in Central Asia in Russian Interests: Ivanov
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- March 16, 2002
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Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Saturday that the
current U.S. military presence in Central Asia is in Russia's
security interests.
Moscow is not viewing such a military presence as a concession on
its side, Ivanov told the Russian Mayak radio on Saturday morning.
The U.S. military presence in that region is "dictated by the need
to combat the terrorist and ...