--- Leigh Meyers <leighcmeyers at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Aug 5 2005 2:52PM
>
> Kyrgyzstan may ask U.S. to close its air base -
> expert
>
> MOSCOW. Aug 5 (Interfax) - Kyrgyzstan may follow
> Uzbekistan's example and ask the United States to
> set a deadline for a withdrawal of its Air Force
> base, Valentin Bogatyryov, director of the Kyrgyz
> international institute of strategic studies under
> presidential auspices, told Interfax on Friday.
>
> "It may happen this autumn after the parliamentary
> elections in Afghanistan," Bogatyryov said.
>
> "As political life in Afghanistan is brought back to
> normal, it means that legitimate bodies of power,
> among them the president and parliament, should be
> established there. As we know, this process will be
> finalized this autumn, when parliamentary elections
> are due to be held in that country. Thus, I can say
> that after the elections it will be necessary to
> raise the issue of completing the mission of the
> anti- terrorist coalition's military bases," he
> said.
>
>
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11359406
>
> Leigh
> www.leighm.net
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