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| Tajikistan ready for US transit deal: ministry |
| 2009-04-18 |
| Tajikistan is ready to sign a deal with the United States for the transit of non-lethal cargo to neighbouring Afghanistan, the Central Asian state's Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Deputy Foreign Minister Abdullah Yubdoshev told reporters his country sees no barriers to the swift conclusion of a deal that would allow NATO forces transit routes to support their fighting to the south. "Tajikistan sees nothing at all preventing the signing of an agreement allowing the transit of US non-military cargo to Afghanistan," he said. The United States and its NATO partners have been searching for alternative supply routes into Afghanistan since the Kyrgyz government evicted them from a key airbase on its territory in February. |
| Posted by:Fred |