http://www.russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-03-27/US_air_base_in_Kyrgyzstan_to_be_reactivated.html/printKyrgyz delegation members denied the report. So did Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Kardyrbek Sarbayev and President Bakiev’s press service.
This is an unexpected development in the story of the controversial military base, which the Central Asian country refused to host any longer in February.
Earlier on Thursday, Minister Sarbayev reiterated that the country was not planning to let the US military return to the base.
In March, Kurmanbek Bakiyev said in an interview with the BBC that "doors are open" for the US to make suggestions over how to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan. Some media interpreted the Kyrgyz leader’s words as an invitation to review the terms of hosting the Manas base, despite the fact that he had said the previous deal was off.