NAZARBAYEV RATIFIES RUSSIAN BASING AGREEMENT.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 56

In the absenceof a parliament, Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev personallyratified the January 1995 agreement on the "status of RussianFederation troops temporarily stationed on Kazakhstan’s territory,"Itar-Tass reported July 19.

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