Kyrgyzstan's president says his government is still open to negotiations over the U.S. air base that the country has ordered closed.
The base is an important transit and support facility for military operations in Afghanistan. Kyrgyzstan last month issued an eviction notice, saying the United States had to vacate within 180 days.
In an interview reported by the British Broadcasting Corp. on Thursday, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev is quoted as saying that talks on the base could resume, but would require unspecified changes in format and envision different conditions for the use of the base.
The U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said it could not immediately comment on the report and Bakiyev's office declined to comment.
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