US facility faces eviction from Kyrgyzstan
By Isabel Gorst in OshPublished:
May 19 2006 18:49 Last updated: May 19 2006 18:49
Kyrgyzstan warned on Friday that the US risked eviction from its last military base in central Asia unless it agreed to a 100-fold increase in rental for aircraft landing and refuelling facilities at Manas outside the capital Bishkek.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev, the Kyrgyz president, said the US must pay $200m (€156m, £106m) a year, up from $2.7m, for the use of Manas, which was set up in 2001 as a launch pad for US-coalition forces operations to overthrow the Taliban in Afghanistan. He said there would be "no room for haggling" in the next round of talks with the Pentagon opening in Bishkek next week.
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May 19 2006 18:49 Last updated: May 19 2006 18:49
Kyrgyzstan warned on Friday that the US risked eviction from its last military base in central Asia unless it agreed to a 100-fold increase in rental for aircraft landing and refuelling facilities at Manas outside the capital Bishkek.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev, the Kyrgyz president, said the US must pay $200m (€156m, £106m) a year, up from $2.7m, for the use of Manas, which was set up in 2001 as a launch pad for US-coalition forces operations to overthrow the Taliban in Afghanistan. He said there would be "no room for haggling" in the next round of talks with the Pentagon opening in Bishkek next week.
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