Azerbaijan, Baku, July 6 / Trend V. Zhavoronkova/
The U.S. considers Tajikistan as an alternative for Kyrgyzstan in the issue of placing military base instead Manas after 2014, KyrTAG reported on Friday.
This statement was made by member of Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate Danny Lee Burton, which heads the U.S. congress delegation visiting Dushanbe.
Burton said that after NATO withdraws from Afghanistan in 2014, the U.S. Manas base in Kyrgyzstan will be closed. This fact makes important establishment of an operating centre in the region which will allow addressing risks coming from al-Qaeda and Taliban, he believes.
Tajikistan, he said, has the longest border with Afghanistan the safety of which is important.