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Kyrgyz president visits the White House

MARCH 7 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – In a sign of just how crucial Kyrgyzstan is to US policy in Central Asia and Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan’s President Roza Otunbayeva met with US President Barack Obama at the White House. The Manas airbase outside Bishkek is a major re-supply hub for the US mission in Afghanistan. Kyrgyzstan has said it wants to impose a $40m fuel tax on the base.

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(News report from Issue No. 31, published on March 14 2011)

Azerbaijani soldier kills seven comrades

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FEB. 20 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – An Azeri solider shot and killed seven fellow soldiers at an army base, the fourth mass killing in Azerbaijan’s military in the last two years. The attacker was also killed in the incident. In June 2010, a soldier killed two colleagues before shooting himself.

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(News report from Issue No. 28, published on Feb. 21 2011)

US signs deal on fuel supply for Kyrgyz airbase

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FEB. 9 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – The United States signed a fuel supply deal for its Manas airbase in Kyrgyzstan which will split the lucrative contract 50:50 between a state company and the Gibraltar-registered Mina Corp. The company had been the sole supplier under the previous government, a deal criticised for its lack of transparency.

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(News report from Issue No. 27, published on Feb. 14 2011)

Accidental blast kills three soldiers in Georgia

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JAN. 11 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – An accidental blast at an army base in Georgia killed three and injured 13 soldiers. The Georgian ministry of defence said a technical error had caused a mortar bomb to explode at the Krtsanisi base where the US trains Georgians before deployment to Afghanistan.

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(News report from Issue No. 23, published on Jan. 17 2011)

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WikiLeaks cable says China wanted to shut US base in Kyrgyzstan

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NOV. 28 2010 (The Conway Bulletin) – A confidential cable written by the US ambassador in Bishkek in Feb. 2009 to her bosses in Washington quoted Kyrgyz officials saying that China had offered Kyrgyzstan $3b to close down the US airbase outside Bishkek. The cable was one of 291 published so far by WikiLeaks.

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(News report from Issue No. 17, published on Nov. 29 2010)

Kyrgyz-Russia airbase deal fails

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SEPT. 24 2010 (The Conway Bulletin) — Despite indications that a deal had been made, Kyrgyzstan and Russia failed to finalise an agreement to allow Russian military bases to remain in Kyrgyzstan. However, both sides said it was only a matter of time before a new deal, expected to allow the bases to remain for another 49 years, was signed.

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(News report from Issue No. 9, published on Sept. 30 2010)

Russia agrees to air base deal in Kyrgyzstan

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SEPT. 23 2010 (The Conway Bulletin) — Russia and Kyrgyzstan have agreed a new deal to keep four Russian military bases in the country, RIA Novosti news agency quoted a senior Russian military officer as saying. RIA Novosti did not give details but said it will be signed on Sept. 24. The United States also has a base in Kyrgyzstan.

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(News report from Issue No. 8, published on Sept. 23 2010)

Kyrgyzstan and Russia negotiate over military bases

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SEPT. 14 2010 (The Conway Bulletin) — Kyrgyzstan and Russia moved towards a deal to allow Russian military bases to remain in the country for 49 years, Russia’s Kommersant newspaper reported. It said Kyrgyzstan wanted to be paid with weapons but AP quoted the Kyrgyz defence minister saying Russia’s rent may quadruple to $18m a year.

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(News report from Issue No. 7, published on Sept. 16 2010)