Russian air base in Kyrgyzstan to mark first anniversary on 23 October

ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow
22 Oct 04

Russian air base in Kyrgyzstan will mark its first anniversary on 23
October, the ITAR-TASS news agency said on 22 October.

The Russian air base at Kant was opened on 23 October 2003 and
currently hosts about 500 servicemen and officers.

The air base was the first Russian force outside Russia after the
Soviet Union’s collapse and is an aviation unit of the Collective
Security Treaty Organization’s [CSTO – members are Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia] Collective Rapid
Reaction Forces, the report added.

(The report ran to about 200 words; no further processing planned)

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress