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    Defence minister, Russian general inspect Tajik firing range

    Interfax-AVN military news agency web site, Moscow
    1 Apr 05


    Dushanbe, 1 April: The Tajik defence minister, Col-Gen Sherali
    Khayrulloyev, on Friday [1 April] visited the Eshak Maydon firing
    range (some 200 km southwest of Dushanbe), where the second phase of
    the Rubezh-2005 command and staff exercises of the Collective Security
    Treaty Organization [CSTO; members are Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
    Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia] member states, involving action and
    field firing, will be held on 4-6 April.

    The spokesman for the Tajik Defence Ministry, Col Zarobiddin Sirojev,
    told Interfax that the minister was accompanied by the commander of
    Volga-Urals Military District, Gen Vladimir Boldyrev.

    Sirojev said the manoeuvres, which altogether will last from 2 to 6
    April, would involve subunits from Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and
    Tajikistan, which form a part of the Collective Rapid Deployment
    Forces in the Central Asian region.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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