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Russia may use its base in Tajikistan if security situation worsens

It can be used if the situation poses a direct threat to security of Tajikistan and, respectively, to security of other member-states of CSTO, Russia's ambassador to Tajikistan said
Russian ambassador to Tajikistan Igor Lyakin-Frolov ITAR-TASS/Sergei Karpov
Russian ambassador to Tajikistan Igor Lyakin-Frolov
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MOSCOW, December 10. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s 201st military base in Tajikistan can be used if the situation in the Central Asian region aggravates after the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan in 2014, Russian ambassador to Tajikistan Igor Lyakin-Frolov said in an interview with the Kommersant business daily on Tuesday.

“Undoubtedly, it can be used if the situation poses a direct threat to security of Tajikistan and, respectively, to security of other member-states of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation,” he said.