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One moving to tail pilots near a country in Asia (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

armenia

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'country in asia' is the definition.
'armenia' can be an answer for 'country' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'in asia' bit.

'one moving to tail pilots near a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'me' (a setter might use 'one' to humourously mean 'me') and 'me' is found within the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for armenia that I've seen before include "Former Russian republic, its capital Yerevan" , "Republic in N W Asia" , "Republic east of Black Sea bordering Turkey, capital Yerevan" , "Landlocked country of southwest Asia" , "South-west Asian country, capital Yerevan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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