Kyrgyzstan's government blocks fuel supplies to US airbase

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 Kyrgyzstan’s government blocks fuel supplies to US airbase

Kyrgystan’s government, swept to power in the April revolution, has started blocking fuel supplies to the US Manas airbase, temporarily disabling a crucial hub for its ongoing war in Afghanistan, it has emerged.

By Richard Orange
Published: 4:20PM BST 03 Jun 2010

Edil Baisalov, chief of staff for the landlocked Central Asian country confirmed that the authorities had blocked Manas’s fuel sub-contractors, which are believed to have links to Maksim Bakiyev, the son of Kurmanbek Bakiyev, the previous President.

“One thing that’s changed for them is that now they have to deal with a state of Kyrgyzstan which is not owned by their family, but by the people of Kyrgyzstan,” he said. “Let us just say that they do not have full papers.”

The US military confirmed that it had suspended flights of its KC-135 refuelling aircraft amid talks with the Kyrgyz government.

The US Congress House subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs in April launched an investigation into Mina Corp, the company which holds the Department of Defence contract to supply Manas, seeking to discover the ownership of the Gilbraltar-listed company and look into its role in the country…..HERE’S MORE

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