Russian military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will be involved in the defense of the ODKB frontier in the event of a direct aggression from the Afghan direction, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu said.
“Our base in Tajikistan is quite powerful, strong, and of course, it is if necessary, in the case of direct aggression will be involved in the defense of the OCBB,” said Shoigu, responding to the question of measures taken to neutralize the threats from Afghanistan , Writes RIA Novosti.
Shoigu noted that CSTO member countries on their scale, defense potential could not be equal to Russia and need help in the Afghan direction.
Answering the question of the financial freedration of the Russian Federation in this direction, the Russian minister said: “If we talk about money, then this is not the money that we have to think about when we decide such things.”