Russian-Kyrgyz enterprise will supply fuel to the U.S. "Manas" base, Kyrgyz Ambassador to Russia Ulukbek Chinaliyev said today in an exclusive interview with ITAR-TASS.
"A contract will be signed in September to supply jet fuel by the "Kirghiz-Russian joint venture to the Manas Transit Center", Chinaliyev said, recalling that "the U.S. base consumes a significant amount of jet fuel each year".
"According to Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev, the typical situation of kerosene being supplied to the base through a chain of murky middlemen is a thing of the past", Chinaliyev said.
He said "the contract was coordinated between the Russian and U.S. sides in all parameters; in terms of supply as well as volume".
"Within three months, the joint venture should be able to cope with its assumed responsibilities", Chinaliyev said. "Then its supplies share can be increased to 90 percent of all jet fuel required by the base in the short-term perspective".