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Article: Russia to Seek Time Limitation on U.S. Military Presence in Central Asia
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- June 11, 2002
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Russia will seek to put time limitson the American military
presence in Central Asia, Russian ForeignMinister Igor Ivanov said in
an article published on Tuesday.
Writing in the weekly magazine "Kommersant Vlast," Ivanov said the
joint fight against international terrorism is part of Russia's
cooperation with the U.S..
"Thanks to the action of the anti-terrorist coalition, one has
been able to practically eliminate the security threat to Russia and
our partners in the Commonwealth of Independent States -- to destroy
the terrorist bases on Afghan territory," Ivanov wrote.
"It is clear that alone we would not have had the strength. That
is why the participation of the United States and other ...