U.S. ASKED TO PAY $200 MILLION FOR KYRGYZ BASE

Thursday, 16 February 2006

U.S. ASKED TO PAY $200 MILLION FOR KYRGYZ BASE

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President Bakiev said in response to a question that Kyrgyzstan has asked the United States to pay $207 million for the lease of the base, up from roughly $2 million now. Kyrgyzstan\'s demands were based on \"international norms,\" Bakiev said. \"We are not such a rich country that we can make our facilities and buildings available for free,\" he continued. Washington has reacted \"with understanding,\" but \"I don\'t know what their reply will be,\" Bakiev said. The United States will maintain the base in Kyrgyzstan until Afghanistan is fully stabilized, Bakiev said. Bakiev said that Russia will not be required to pay for its military base in Kyrgyzstan because it exists under the aegis of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan). (RFE/RL)

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