Moscow: The Russian State Duma, the lower house of the parliament, has ratified the Russia-U.S. inter- governmental agreement on American military transit through Russian territory to Afghanistan.
The Russian-U.S. agreement on transit of weapons, military hardware, military property and personnel across Russian territory to support Washington’s efforts of Afghan stabilization was signed in July 2009 with annual automatic prolongation.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the State Duma that 16 percent of the United States’ Afghan-bound weapons, military hardware and servicemen have been dispatched through Russian territory and 115,000 U.S. servicemen and over 19 tons of cargo have already crossed Russian territory as part of the agreement.
However, the diplomat stressed the ratification of the agreement would not become an ally’s support for the U.S..
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