US Says Will Continue Aiding Kyrgyzstan Despite Cancelled Treaty

The United States said on Wednesday it was disappointed by Kyrgyzstan's decision to cancel a cooperation treaty, but it would continue to provide assistance to the ex-Soviet republic despite a diplomatic row over a jailed dissident. Kyrgyz Prime Minister Temir Sariyev ordered his cabinet on Tuesday to renounce the 1993 Bilateral Agreement with the United States, with effect from August 20. The agreement was the legal framework which facilitated U.S. humanitarian and technical economic...

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