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Kyrgyzstan: American Base Will Close

February 8, 2009 Robin Koerner 0

Closing the air base in Kyrgyzstan comes at the time when the United States plans a significant increase of military troops in Afghanistan. Russia, on the other hand, considers the decision to close the U.S. base in Kyrgyzstan a key strategic step in its quest to reinstate its influence in the region, which in the recent past was part of the Soviet Union.