“We wouldn’t say no”
US General John Abizaid, on his working visit to Astana, is quoted saying that the US would not decline if the Kazakh government invited them to open a base:
“We don’t envision opening bases here, unless Kazakhstan, the Kazakhstani government, would invite us to do so,” Gen John Abizaid said after meeting with Defense Minister Mukhtar Altynbayev.
The United States are still trying to figure out how to deal with the loss of K2 in Uzbekistan and have not yet found a substitute.
Interfax has more, as has KazInform.
