Kyrgyz government submits bill to close US base
AP – In this March 1, 2005 file photo U.S. Air Force KC 135 tanker planes, left, seen parked next to Kyrgyz … BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyzstan's government has submitted a draft bill to parliament calling for the closing of a U.S. base that is key to the military campaign in Afghanistan.
The bill comes one day after Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announced the closure of the Manas air base in the former Soviet Central Asian country.
The U.S. Embassy said Wednesday, however, that it had not been notified of any closure and that both sides were still in talks about maintaining an American base.
The bill would cancel the agreement that established the base after the September 2001 attacks.
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