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US not to open new military base in Central Asia: US ambassador

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-03-05 18:41

ALMATY -- US Ambassador to Tajikistan Tracey Ann Jacobson said the United States will not open a new military base in any Central Asian country to replace the Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan, local media reported Thursday.

According to reports reaching here from Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan, Jacobson said in an interview with a local newspaper that she never heard  any plan about opening a new military bases in Central Asia from her colleagues in the Pentagon.