Russia: The supply of military equipment to the Tajik army continues

According to the Fars news agency reporter in Dushanbe, Russia plans to continue supplying Tajikistan with weapons and military equipment that “Dushanbe” needs to strengthen its combat power.

In this case, “Sergei Shaygo”, the Minister of Defense of Russia, made an announcement during his meeting with “Shir Ali Mirza”, the Minister of Defense of Tajikistan, which was held on the sidelines of the meeting of the heads of the ministries of defense of the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Cooperative Society in Moscow.

According to this report, in this meeting, Shaygo called the cooperation between Russia and Tajikistan in the military field an important factor in maintaining stability in Central Asia.

According to his words, Russia plans to continuously implement joint programs to ensure the security of the region and with this aim to provide military and technical assistance and increase the combat power of Tajikistan’s armed forces, i.e. providing Tajikistan with Russian weapons and training its soldiers. , continues.

He also stressed the importance of the important role of the 201st Russian military base in Tajikistan in ensuring regional security and called for strengthening its capabilities.

The Minister of Defense of Tajikistan, for his part, while pointing out the importance of cooperation between the two countries, addressed his Russian counterpart and stated that in the period of time since our last meeting, many things have been done in the framework of bilateral cooperation, including joint exercises. I take this opportunity to thank you for all your help and support.

In the negotiations between the defense ministers of Tajikistan and Russia, the cooperation plan between the defense ministries of the two countries was signed for 2023.

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