Kyrgyzstan?s Manas airport to be civilian airport only

BISHKEK. April 20. KAZINFORM After the withdrawal of the US airbase, Manas airport will be used for civilian purposes only, Adakhan Madumarov, the secretary of Kyrgyzstan?s Security Council, said on Monday. ?The territory of the military base will not be turned over to other subjects. Manas will remain a purely civilian airport,? he told reporters after the meeting with Nikolai Bordyuzha, the secretary-general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), on a visit here; Kazinform refers to ITAR-TASS.
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Madumarov said Kyrgyzstan?s leadership ?has not received proposals either from the US or from other states to use Manas for transportation of military cargoes to Afghanistan.? Bordyuzha believes the withdrawal of the US airbase from Kyrgyzstan?s territory will not affect security in the Central Asian region. ?I don?t think the airbase in Manas had a cardinal effect on the state of security in Central Asia,? Bordyuzha said, answering questions of reporters; Kazinform cites ITAR-TASS. See www.itar-tass.com for full version
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