Kyrgyzstan won’t restrict use of air base by U.S.

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Kyrgyzstan won’t restrict use of air base by U.S.
Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Friday, September 5, 2008

The parliament of Kyrgyzstan has shifted course for this legislative session and will not consider forcing U.S. forces out of the air base at Manas airport, Kyrgyz media reported this week.

The issue was not part of the parliament’s official agenda, adopted Wednesday.

Manas has evolved into one of the key regional hubs for U.S. troops and a major transit point for troops and supplies heading to and from Afghanistan. But over the years, several incidents have complicated the U.S. presence. Some Kyrgyz politicians have begun talking of forcing the base to close.

According to the Kyrgyz media, the Parliament will instead take up issues like energy policy and the investigation into a September jetliner crash near the Manas airport.


Article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=57205

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Kyrgyzstan (pronounced /ˈkɻ̩gɪztɑn/ (AmE) or /'kɝgəztan/ (BrE), Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан ; Russian: Киргизия or Киргизстан <ˈkirgistan> or Кыргызстан <ˈkˠɨrgˠɨz.stan>, variously transliterated, also Kirgizia or Kirghizia), officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east.

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