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发帖数: 2882 | 1 http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LL01Df02.html
India air base grounded in Tajikistan
By Sudha Ramachandran
BANGALORE - India's hopes of setting up its first air base abroad seem to
have been grounded.
The Tajik government has announced that Russia is the only country in the
race for use of the Ayni air base. "We are in talks over the Ayni airfield
only with Russia," Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi told a press
conference in the capital, adding that "such talks are not being held with
any other party".
Zarifi's announcement brings to an end - at least for now - years of
speculation over who will get to use the base.
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发帖数: 2882 | 2 http://centralasianewswire.com/Security/Indian-Tajik-air-base-negotiations-demonstrate-Indiarsquos-limited-influence/viewstory.aspx?id=2820
Indian-Tajik air base negotiations expose India’s limited regional
influence
New Analysis by Martin Sieff
India's failed air base negotiations with Tajikistan demonstrate India's
limited regional influence. Pictured: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
WASHINGTON, DC - Monday, January 03, 2011 - Tajikistan’s foreign minister
has publicly confirmed that India will not be allowed to operate a combat
air force squadron from the country’s Ayni Air Base. This will end a nine-
year dream for New Delhi of projecting its air power in Central Asia.
The news, reported by the Calcutta Telegraph newspaper on January 1, came as
no surprise. The Tajiks had signaled their decision to the Indians months
ago and Indian staff who had renovated Ayni left in early 2010. But the
Indian government had hoped against hope that they could reverse the
decision. Instead, Tajikistan has publicly underlined the firmness of its
initial decision.
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