Kyrgyzstan gives the US a note on Military Base Agreement termination

ASTANA. November 14. KAZINFORM - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Erlan Abdylayev has handed the US Ambassador to the Republic of Kyrgyzstan Pamela Spratlen a note officially noticing the termination of the cooperation agreement and the agreement to lease the Transit Center at Manas International Airport in Bishkek, RBC reports referrinf to the Foreign Ministry of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in late June has signed the bill denouncing the agreements. The paper was supported by all the parties of the Parliament and special committees.

Cooperation and lease agreements between the US and Kyrgyzstan were signed in 2009. According to the note, the treaties' duration due to expire on July 11, 2014.

The military base in Kyrgyzstan was established in 2001 to support the US troops fighting in Afghanistan. A few years later it was renamed as the Transit Center but the essence of the object did not change: the American military specialists were still in Bishkek.

Duration of the agreement due to expire in 2014. The Kyrgyz authorities have stated previously on their unwillingness to extend the term of the base's lease.