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Thursday, February 05, 2009

Kyrgyzstan to Shut Down NATO's Air Base

Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev explained the decision was made due to economic considerations and the negative public attitude.

"When there were hostilities in progress in Afghanistan with the use of combat aircraft, Kyrgyzstan made its territory available for fighting international terrorism. But at that time, it was one or two years that were being talked about. Eight years have passed. We have repeatedly raised with the United States the matter of economic compensation for the existence of the base in Kyrgyzstan, but we have not been understood,” he said.

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