France is to increase its military presence in the airport of Tajik capital Dushanbe. The number of personnel will increase from the current level of 120 to 250 this month.According to the Interfax news agency, French military attache to Tajikistan Zherom Mallard said that the additional military personnel planned to stay there till September to October. Mirage fighter planes will also be sent to the Dushanbe airport.
France sent the 120 military technical servicemen and two transport planes to Dushanbe in December 2001 to render technical and logistic support to the French troops in Afghanistan.
