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Article: U.S. to reduce military presence in Central Asia: official
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- July 25, 2006
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U.S. to reduce military presence in Central Asia: official
ALMA ATA, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The United States will reduce its
military presence in the Central Asian region as the cooperation
between the two sides in various fields such as politics, economics
and culture is being strengthened continuously, a visiting senior
U.S. general said on Monday.
The United States has no intention to set up permanent military
bases in the Central Asian region, Gen. John P. Abizaid, head of the
U.S. Central Command, told reporters after talks with senior
officials in the Kazakh capital, Astana.
"Over time, I would imagine that the level of cooperation would go
up, but ...