TAJIK GOVERNMENT WANTS RUSSIAN BORDER GUARDS TO STAY, SAYS DEPUTY PREMIER
By empty (10/25/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Tajik Deputy Prime Minister Saidamir Zukhurov said on 25 September that the Tajik government does not share the opinion of State Border Committee First Deputy Chairman Major General Nuralisho Nazarov that Tajik border troops are ready to take over responsibility for guarding the country\'s frontiers. According to Zukhurov, who is responsible for Tajikistan\'s law enforcement agencies, the official position of the Tajik government is that the Russian border guards should stay. A Tajik-Russian commission that oversees implementation of bilateral agreements on the status of Russian border troops in Tajikistan is due to decide on the future protection of Tajikistan\'s borders soon.Visit also
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