Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao made his remarks today in Beijing. He said that Central Asian states have participated in U.S.-led anti-terrorism operations in the region, but that now the situation has changed.
Last week, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the SCO, called on the United States to set dates for withdrawing its forces from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
The SCO groups Russia, China and four Central Asian states.
Kyrgyz President-elect Kurmanbek Bakiev on 11 July echoed the SCO's call, urging a review of the U.S. military presence in Kyrgyzstan.
The United States has so far offered no official response to Bakiev's remarks.
(AP/AFP)
See also:
Kyrgyz President Questions Presence Of U.S. Base
Is It Time To Withdraw U.S. Forces From Central Asia?
Last week, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the SCO, called on the United States to set dates for withdrawing its forces from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
The SCO groups Russia, China and four Central Asian states.
Kyrgyz President-elect Kurmanbek Bakiev on 11 July echoed the SCO's call, urging a review of the U.S. military presence in Kyrgyzstan.
The United States has so far offered no official response to Bakiev's remarks.
(AP/AFP)
See also:
Kyrgyz President Questions Presence Of U.S. Base
Is It Time To Withdraw U.S. Forces From Central Asia?
