November 12, 2014

Russia, Kyrgyzstan agree on regional air defense

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Wednesday 12 Nov 2014 - 11:18 Makkah mean time-19-1-1436



Moscow (IINA) – Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and his Kyrgyz counterpart Abibilla Kudaiberyiev agreed on guidelines for building up joint efforts to resist challenges and threats in the region of Central Asia, TASS, the Russian news agency, reported.

The defense ministries of Russia and Kyrgyzstan are drafting an agreement on creating a common regional air defense system, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press-office said after talks between the two sides.

“For the purpose of jointly maintaining the security of Kyrgyzstan’s air space, the defense ministers have made a decision to prepare for signing an agreement on the creation of a common regional air defense system of Russia and Kyrgyzstan,” Shoigu said.

“Guidelines have been identified for building up joint efforts to resist challenges and threats in the region of Central Asia,” the press-office said, adding that in view of the current events in Afghanistan Shoigu and Kudaiberdyiev considered ways of enhancing the combat capabilities of the Kyrgyz armed forces and the Russian air base at Kant.

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