BISHKEK. Oct 9 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian Air Force Commander- in- Chief Vladimir Mikhailov will visit Bishkek on Thursday to discuss the official opening of a Russian airbase in Kant, a high- ranking source in the Kyrgyz Defense Ministry told Interfax.
"The visit is related to the airbase's official opening," he said.
Mikhailov will meet with the heads of the Kyrgyz Defense Ministry to discuss the transfer of the Kant military airfield's infrastructure to the airbase of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the source said.
"Special commissions of the Kyrgyz and Russian defense ministries will provide for the military airfield transfer. How the Kant airfield infrastructure will be transferred to the Russian Air Force is being coordinated," the source said.