Kyrgyzstan postpones discussion of foreign troop Manas pullout

BISHKEK, March 3 (RIA Novosti) - The committee on constitutional legislation in the Kyrgyz parliament has postponed the discussion of the termination of an agreement with 11 countries on the deployment of their military contingents at Manas airbase, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.

"Tuesday's committee meeting has been postponed until further notice," the source said, without giving any details.

Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed on February 20 a decree to close the U.S. Manas airbase in the north of Kyrgyzstan. The base had been used since 2001 to support NATO operations in nearby Afghanistan.