The Government of Kyrgyzstan decided to close the U.S. military base in Manas, said President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev at the press conference after talks in Moscow, RIA Novosti reported.
"The Government of Kyrgyzstan decided to end base's term" - said Bakiev, responding to questions about the fate of an American base in Manas.
" Kyrgyzstan will take the appropriate measures," - said the President.
Air USA was opened in Kyrgyzstan in December 2001 on the mandate of the UN to support the coalition forces conducted anti-terrorist operation "Enduring Freedom" in Afghanistan.
There ia is more than a thousand U.S. military personnel, as well as military transport aircraft on "Manas" airbase.