BISHKEK, October 5 (RIA Novosti) - A Kyrgyz parliamentary committee will consider draft agreements allowing France and Spain to use the Manas airbase for the transit of troops and supplies to Afghanistan.
The country's international affairs and inter-parliamentary cooperation committee will review a draft treaty between Kyrgyzstan and France on the deployment of a French Air Force unit and a draft treaty with Spain on the use of the Manas base in Kyrgyzstan.
In July, Kyrgyzstan ratified an agreement with the U.S. to establish a transit center at Manas international airport "to address the situation in and around Afghanistan."
In February, the ex-Soviet Central Asian state ordered the shutdown of the base, which had been used to support U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan since 2001. The decision was widely seen as being influenced by Russia, which had granted Kyrgyzstan a large financial aid package.
The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has about 62,000 troops in Afghanistan under a UN mandate to give security support to the Afghan government and stop the flow of drugs from the country.
