Kirghistan severed an agreement on the "Manas" in 11 countries.

Press konferentsiiInteresy U.S. Central Azii04.03.2009Na reader response of the international affairs columnist "Time News" Arkady DubnovKommentariiGoodbye, "Manas" 04.02.2009Kirgiziya "sold" the American base 2 billion dollarovParlament Kyrgyzia denounced the agreement with 11 countries of the antiterrorist coalition, located at their military airbase at the airport "Manas", informs RIA Novosti.
Contract operated with Australia, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Turkey and France. These countries have concluded an agreement with Kyrgyzstan in 2001 after the United States.
Earlier, the President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed a decree denouncing the agreement on the airbase with Washington. American troops must leave the territory of Kyrgyzstan in six months.
The base was opened in 2001 and has been used to support coalition operations in Afghanistan against the Taliban.
The idea to terminate the contract with the U.S. and the countries - parties to the antiterrorist coalition was announced Bakiev on 3 February in Moscow. Meanwhile, on 4 March in an interview with BBC News, he said that while the treaty on the use of "Manas" is no longer in force for the Americans in Kyrgyzstan "door is not closed." He emphasized that Bishkek is ready to consider new proposals from Washington aimed at stabilizing the situation in Afghanistan.