Kyrgyzstan said it would close a U.S. military base on its territory after Russia offered US$2bn of emergency aid.The base is located at Manas outside Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital and was built with Russia’s blessing in 2001 to support U.S. coalition forces’ campaign to overthrow the Taliban in Afghanistan. Russia has since then called for the removal of U.S. bases from central Asia, a region it considers to be in its zone of influence.
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