The Ministry of External Affairs, while reacting to the media reports of Indian Armed Forces having vacated the Ayni airbase in Tajikistan, said the base was vacated in 2022 after an arrangement with the host country ended.

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “We had a bilateral arrangement with Tajikistan for rehabilitation and development of any aerodrome. This arrangement was in place for several years. After the conclusion of the agreement that we had with Tajikistan, we handed over the facility to them. This happened in 2022.”

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