Russia appreciated Uzbekistan’s refusal to host American troops: Politics: Russia: Lenta.ru
Senator Alexei Pushkov praised Uzbekistan’s refusal to deploy American troops on its territory. He wrote about this in his Telegram-channel.
According to him, the failure of the United States’ persistent attempt to obtain a base in Uzbekistan is further confirmation that Tashkent does not consider this to be in its interests. “Today more and more countries can say ‘no’ to the United States in response to their demands,” – Member of the Federation Council.
Earlier, the head of the information service of the defense of Uzbekistan, Bahrom Zulfikarov of Uzbekistan, said that the issue of deploying US anti-terrorist units on the territory is not worth it and is not discussed. According to him, the country’s leadership did not receive relevant messages from the Pentagon. In addition, he, Uzbekistan, in any case, will be forced to deny the United States this request, as provided for in this request.
On October 14, the Political Announcement of Sources in the US Congress reported that Pentagon officials would discuss in Uzbekistan an alternative location for US counterterrorism bases. It is noted that as the main task of the day, the United States wanted to discuss the possibility of deploying “over-the-horizon” anti-terrorist forces. Such an arrangement would allow the US military to “observe and strike targets in Afghanistan.”