Kyrgyzstan has accused the US of reneging on a promise to review past payments made by the Pentagon for use of its Manas air base and is threatening to limit access to the facility, which is crucial to US operations in Afghanistan.
Last month President Kurmanbek Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan reached an agreement with Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, to allow the US to continue using the base, which has been an important hub for aircraft flying in and out of Afghanistan since 2001.
