Kyrgyzstan: closure of Russian military base announced
President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev announced that Russian military base would be closed after the current contract expires. “Kyrgyzstan should rely only on its own military forces, not Russian, American or any other country’s”, the president said during a press conference. “We should build our own army”, Atambayev said. “The last five years have shown…