Subject: Russian jurisdiction over Tajik border to Afghanistan.<br/>
Date: Oct 03, 2004 @ 10:21<br/>
Author: Christian Berghänel (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Christian_Bergh=E4nel?= &lt;christian.berghanel@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-575319221">The following news from RFE/RL on September 27 and 30 tells about the status of the Tajik-Afghan border. Does this mean that Russia and Afghanistan share border allthough they&#39;re not neighbours?<br/>
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/Christian Berghänel<br/>
Sweden<br/>
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Subject: RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 8, No. 184, Part I, 27 September 2004<br/>
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&gt; RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC<br/>
&gt; ___________________________________________________________<br/>
&gt; RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 8, No. 184, Part I, 27 September 2004<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; RUSSIAN ENVOY SAYS TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER HANDOVER UNDER WAY. Maksim<br/>
&gt; Peshkov, Russia&#39;s ambassador to Tajikistan, told ITAR-TASS on 24<br/>
&gt; September that the transfer of the Tajik-Afghan border from Russian<br/>
&gt; to Tajik jurisdiction is currently under way. He stressed, however,<br/>
&gt; that the two countries will continue to cooperate closely on<br/>
&gt; border-related issues as the handover progresses. The report noted<br/>
&gt; that Russian presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko has said that Russian<br/>
&gt; President Vladimir Putin is considering a request from Tajik<br/>
&gt; President Imomali Rakhmonov to extend the border handover process<br/>
&gt; until the end of 2006. Prikhodko stated, &quot;This request will be<br/>
&gt; considered within the framework of the functioning working groups.&quot;<br/>
&gt; DK<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; 30 Sep<br/>
&gt; RUSSIAN-TAJIK BORDER TALKS FOCUS ON TRANSFER. Russian and Tajik<br/>
&gt; border officials met in Dushanbe on 29 September to discuss the<br/>
&gt; details of transferring control of the Tajik-Afghan border, Asia<br/>
&gt; Plus-Blitz reported. Lieutenant General Aleksandr Manilov, deputy<br/>
&gt; director of Russia&#39;s Federal Border Service, led the Russian<br/>
&gt; delegation and met with Lieutenant General Abdurahmon Azimov,<br/>
&gt; commander of Tajikistan&#39;s border troops. The negotiations are<br/>
&gt; expected to focus on the logistics of the stage-by-stage handover of<br/>
&gt; the border from Russian to Tajik control. DK </span></blockquote></div>