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Russia: Rumsfeld To Discuss Afghanistan, Arms Cuts
Monday, April 29, 2002
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Inc.

MOSCOW
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Moscow today for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Ivanov on the U.S.-led campaign in Afghanistan and nuclear arms cuts.

Rumsfeld flew into the Russian capital after a tour of Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan.

Earlier in Turkmenistan, Rumsfeld also discussed the Afghan conflict with President Saparmurat Niyazov. Turkmenistan has provided humanitarian assistance for displaced persons inside Afghanistan.

Yesterday, Rumsfeld also made stopovers in Kazakhstan. In the Kazakh capital Astana, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev told Rumsfeld his country is increasing its limited military support for the war in Afghanistan. After the talks, Kazakh Defense Minister General Mukhtar Altynbaev, said Kazakhstan will sign a memorandum with the U.S. to provide "emergency use" for U.S. and Western warplanes at three airfields in the Central Asian nation.
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