Kyrgyzstan backs closure of US airbase

Kyrgyzstan's parliament has voted to end the US lease on its military air base at Manas in July 2014.
The bill was approved by 91 votes to five, and will become law once signed by President Almazbek Atambayev.
The US pays $60m each year to lease the base, a logistics hub for Afghanistan.
Many troops are expected to pass through Manas as the US pulls out more than 30,000 of its forces from Afghanistan by early next year.
President Atambayev has repeatedly pledged to close the US lease on the base, which has been in operation since 2001.
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