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