26 April 2004 14:53
Kyrgyz prime minister praises Russia`s military aid
Bishkek, 26 April: Representatives of the Russian Rosoboroneksport [state arms exporter] handed over 3m dollars worth
of military, technical and logistical equipment to the Kyrgyz Defence Ministry at the Russian air base in Kant today.
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Nikolay Tanayev, Defence Minister Esen Topoyev and the Rosoboroneksport's management were
present at the ceremony.
Prime Minister Nikolay Tanayev said military cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Russia would further develop
fruitfully.
[Tanayev] We would like to emphasize Russia's considerable and [word indistinct] contribution to the
strengthening of security in Kyrgyzstan, formation and development of our country's armed forces, training of
specialists, solution of many important questions related to reinforcing our country's combat capability and the
formation of collective and regional security systems. Russia has really become a centre that unites [word indistinct]
member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in solving the
problems of global terrorism. The full coincidence of interests of Russia and Kyrgyzstan in ensuring security in the
Central Asian region has created conditions for the [Central Asian] rapid-deployment forces and their air-force
component - the Russian air base in Kant - to be set up in the region. The rapid-deployment forces and their air-force
component have become a real defence that will protect the CIS southern borders and ensure the military security of the
Kyrgyz Republic.
[Presenter] The armaments and kit will be handed over to special-task subdivisions of the [Collective Security Treaty
Organization's] rapid-reaction forces which were set up to support the Central Asian rapid-deployment forces.
[Kyrgyz Radio first programme] |
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