Kyrgyzstan: The government proclaimed official reasons necessitating withdrawal of the US AF base
Press service of the government of Kyrgyzstan made a statement on February 4 explaining the reasoning behind the decision to ask the counter-terrorism coalition to shut down and withdraw its military base from this Central Asian republic.
"The Agreement (on establishment of the US military base in Kyrgyzstan – Ferghana.Ru) was signed for one year with automatic prolongation for another year. The Agreement may be voided 180 days after notification of the other signatory of the intention to terminate the document."
It is fair to add that the agreement in question was signed 8 years ago. The threat was negated. Afghanistan established state institutions, adopted its Constitution, elected its president, and formed the Cabinet. In other words, practically all necessary conditions were set for a stable performance of the state system. It constitutes one of the causes for agreement termination.
The government of Kyrgyzstan made a reference to purely domestic factors as well - incidents involving base personnel (murder of a Kyrgyz national by name of Ivanov), negative attitude displayed by a substantial part of the population, appeal from Ivanov's spouse to the Constitutional Court to invalidate some clauses of the agreement as anticonstitutional, and some others.
The statement even quoted Human Rights Watch as saying that "Afghani civilian casualties in air-raids of US and NATO aviation tripled in 2007 against what they had been in 2006."
The government of Kyrgyzstan therefore advised the parliament to void the agreement and have the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry notify the United States.