There will be no US military bases on the territory of Uzbekistan, Tashkent rejects the option of placing foreign military facilities on its territory. Reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic.
As the Uzbek military said, whose words are quoted by RIA Novosti, the defense doctrine of the country does not provide for the deployment of any military facilities of foreign states on the territory of Uzbekistan, therefore, the Ministry of Defense does not consider such options. Besides, military doctrine does not provide for the participation of the Uzbek army in conflicts abroad or in peacekeeping missions outside the country.
In this way, alleged US plans to deploy its military in Uzbekistan are collapsing. Although the Pentagon has not officially announced its intention to deploy the US military closer to the border of Afghanistan after the final withdrawal from this country, but such plans were still considered. According to the Wall Street Journal, who cites his sources, it was proposed to use Uzbekistan and Tajikistan as such countries.
Uzbekistan already had experience of cooperation with the Pentagon, since 2001 by 2005 a year at a military airfield “Khanabad” US military stationed, but Tashkent “I asked” Americans leave the country, after which the military base was moved to the Kyrgyz Manas.
Tajikistan has not yet commented on the information about the likely deployment of an American military base, but taking into account the visit to Moscow of the country's President Emomali Rahmon for 9 May, can assume, that the Americans will have to look for another place for the military withdrawn from Afghanistan.
