Uzbekistan has been seeking to funnel its lucrative gas exports to (more profitable) new markets in China and has also curbed its shipments to Russia.
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Then again, they have blocked almost everything anyhow.
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The media could be interpreting this Tajikistan violence all wrong. Currently both Russia and the US have bases in this central Asian country, China and India are also rumored to be interested in leasing facilities. This is asking for trouble.
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Just look at the map where Tajikistan lies. It is borders Afghanistan and China. The Great Game for control of Central Asia is in full swing.
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The Russian army base in Tajikistan is the largest ground base outside Russia. Now that a deal for a new lease for this base seems in trouble, other candidates are lining up. The US, China and even India!
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Tajikistan is currently facing gas shortage after Uzbekistan stopped gas supplies to the country to meet China’s growing gas demand.
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Economic sanctions against Tehran cannot help resolve the Iran nuclear problem, Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi said on March 8.
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Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and UK Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey discussed on Friday the impending withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan, planned for completion by 2014.
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An article entitled “India maintains strategic air base in Central Asia” and released by Zeenews.com on February 29 notes that India is in talks with Tajikistan to set up a military hospital in Tajikistan “even as it maintains an airbase in Ayni there, the country’s only such facility overseas.”
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Iran plans to build an industrial city with 50 companies in Tajikistan, Iran.ru reported. According to the website, the Tajik government will allocate funds for the project, which is to be iniciated on the outskirts of Dushanbe.
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