Supporters of Kyrgyzstani President Kurmanbek...
"offered continued humanitarian assistance and United States support for Kyrgyz efforts to stabilize their political and economic situation."Clinton also said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake would fly to Kyrgyzstan to study the situation.
On Monday, Atambayev said Kyrgyzstan"s interim government will take a close look at the agreement under which the Central Asian country hosts the U.S. transit center.
"We are a civilized country and we will fulfill our international obligations, but we will investigate whether several agreements were concluded against the interests of the people or for bribes," he said.
The military base at Manas airport was built in 2001 as a part of U.S.-led international military operations in Afghanistan. In early 2009, the Kyrgyz government announced that all U.S. troops would have to leave the country, but later agreed a deal with the Pentagon on improved terms under which the facility was turned into a transit
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