[Bald Eagle777]

Interesting developments. The sahowboxing continues, and escalates.

[Bald Eagle777]

corr. sp: "shadowboxing"

[csvset]

[sukhoi-30mki]

Actually there is something real funny about this Russian base.A few miles from it is another airbase,this time used by who else,but the yanks!!!That facility hosts American transport jets,Dutch F-16s on rotation basis for their operations in Afghanistan.The Kyrghis government is playing it smart by allowing the US to sort out it's security concern,while the Russian presence would ensure that the US influence stays limited.

[Lukasz]

Interesting because in the same time…


Kyrgyzstan says no to US spy jets

BEIJING, Mar. 5 -- Kyrgyzstan has reiterated its refusal to deploying U.S spy jets in its territory.

Kyrgyzstan Foreign Ministry released a statement Friday, saying that the country won't consider US's request to dispose AWACS long-distance spy jet in the middle Asian country.

In the statement, the official said the US's proposal has gone beyond peacekeeping and humanitarianism tasks of the International Counter-Terror Coalition in Afghanistan.

As a member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Kyrgyzstan doesn't think the deployment of U.S spy jets will be committed to the duty in the organization.

Earlier, the U.S. and NATO proposed to station spy jets near Bishkek. But Kyrgystan government publicly turned down the plan.

[Truth666]

Recent events have suggested that Kyrgyz-Russian relations are warming and Kyrgyz-U.S. relations cooling. President Askar Akaev vehemently condemned the Rose Revolution in Georgia and Orange Revolution in Ukraine -- events that Russian and Kyrgyz official media have consistently suggested were orchestrated with the help of U.S.-sponsored NGOs -- and has made it clear that he does not want to see any repetition in Kyrgyzstan, which holds parliamentary elections on 27 February and a presidential election in October. During a visit to Moscow in late January, President Akaev told "Nezavisimaya gazeta" that Russia is readying plans to invest $2 billion in the Kyrgyz economy. Not long after, Russian Air Force head Vladimir Mikhailov told ITAR-TASS on 10 February that Russia plans to double the amount of equipment and personnel, who currently number approximately 500, at the base in 2005. A few days later, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Aitmatov announced that Kyrgyzstan, after consultations with the CSTO and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan), had decided against the deployment of U.S. AWACS surveillance aircraft at Manas.

[ASA Vet]

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