London ready to sign agreement with Tajikistan on military property withdrawal from Afghanistan - diplomat
DUSHANBE. March 21 (Interfax) - An agreement authorizing British servicemen to transit their property from Afghanistan via Tajikistan is ready to be signed and London hopes to sign it within a week, Head of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office's, Colin Roberts, told reporters on Thursday.
Dushanbe did not ask for a part of the military property the UK used in Afghanistan as a gift in return for signing the agreement, Roberts said.
"I think the agreement will be signed shortly. At least, we would like to sign the agreement within a week," Roberts said after completing his three-day working visit to Tajikistan on Thursday.
The UK is to move 11,000 containers of property and 3,000 armored vehicles from Afghanistan.
"This refers only to the transit of military property via Tajikistan. We haven't agreed on withdrawal of servicemen via Tajikistan," the British diplomat said.
