Tuesday, 11 May 2004

RUSSIAN TROOPS IN KYRGYZSTAN GRANTED IMMUNITY

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Kyrgyzstan\'s parliament on 11 May ratified an agreement that grants immunity to Russian servicemen deployed to the Russian air-force base in Kant, Kyrgyzstan. Should Russian soldiers commit offenses, they will be tried under Russian, not Kyrgyz, law. U.
Kyrgyzstan\'s parliament on 11 May ratified an agreement that grants immunity to Russian servicemen deployed to the Russian air-force base in Kant, Kyrgyzstan. Should Russian soldiers commit offenses, they will be tried under Russian, not Kyrgyz, law. U.S. troops stationed at Ganci Air Base, also in Kyrgyzstan, enjoy the same status. Kyrgyz Defense Minister Colonel General Esen Topoev told the news agency that the vote settles all remaining legal issues relating to the presence of Russian servicemen in Kyrgyzstan. Ismail Isakov, who heads the parliamentary committee on state security, said \"The air base in Kant performs an important mission of guaranteeing the security of airspace on the southern borders of the CIS.\" (ITAR-TASS)
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