Kyrgyzstan official: US to leave Manas air base by 2014

A US lease to operate military aircraft from Kyrgyzstan's Manas air base will expire in 2013 and Bishkek won't renew it, a senior Kyrgyzstan official said Tuesday. 'It should be a civilian transportation hub,' said Prime Minister Almazbek Atambaev in an interview with Russia 24 television. 'There shouldn't be any kind of military base there.' The Kyrgyzstan government has already communicated to Washington its intention not to renew the air base lease, Atambaev said.

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