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08.Mar.2011
Kyrgyzstan Pressing Its Advantage Over Fragile US Supply Chain To Afghanistan

Aggregated | By W.I.B. Syndication

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The United States and Kyrgyzstan appear to be on a collision course over potential surcharges on jet fuel consumed at a US military transit facility outside the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek.

A draft law to impose additional charges on aviation fuel used by US and NATO military forces at the Manas Transit Center has cleared its first hurdle in the Kyrgyz parliament. According to the bill, the charge would be collected at a rate of $100 per ton of fuel.…

In 2010, the Manas Transit Center, a key US-led air base operating in support of the war in Afghanistan, contributed to $123.5 million to the Kyrgyz economy, $60 million of which was rent payments made directly to the Kyrgyz government. A further $21.9 million was paid to Manas International Airport in “airport fees, land lease and contracts.”

• Read more at EurasiaNet.org

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