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Saturday, August 25, 2007

Afghan military to get Czech helicopters in fall

The first transport helicopters the Czech Republic has given to the Afghan military could be transferred to Afghanistan early this autumn, Czech deputy defence minister Martin Bartak told CTK Wednesday.

He said the general repair of the Russian-made helicopters is close to finish in the Czech Republic.

Russia preliminarily consented to their export to a third country at the Czech-Russian Moscow negotiations on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Czech chief-of-staff Vlastimil Picek said the Czech Republic would also like to assist in the training of Afghan pilots.

"The helicopters concerned are Mi-17, which will become part of the nascent Afghan air force," Picek told CTK.

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