Tajikistan Denies Report of Secret Chinese Military Base

The British newspaper The Telegraph has reported that China has built a secret military base in Tajikistan.

“The facility, carved out of mountains that rise 13,000 ft high, has look-out towers and troops from both countries, which now hold regular joint military drills shown on Chinese state media,” the article says. The Telegraph also posted several satellite images, taken in different years.

In 2016 China and Tajikistan signed a security agreement, highlighting that the external threat to Tajikistan has escalated following the…