Kyrgyzstan parliament voted with near-unanimity for vacating the remaining U.S. allies from a military base in that Central Asian country.
The bill was passed Friday with the same pattern of voting last month, which had approved the suspension of an agreement for the U.S. military base in Kyrgyzstan.
In the voting Friday, all but one of the 80 lawmakers endorsed the government's proposal to cancel agreements that allowed 11 countries to station their forces at the Manas base, which is being used by thousands of coalition troops every month on their way to and from Afghanistan.
The adoption could have potentially far-reaching consequences for U.S. and NATO operations in Afghanistan.
The Manas base, set up after the 9/11 attacks, has been the only American military base in the region. More than 1,000 servicemen posted there are engaged in the maintenance of warplanes and fueling of transport aircraft.
The passage of the bill means military personnel of several European nations, besides Australia, South Korea and New Zealand, will have to close their operations at the Manas air base and leave within six months.
The Kyrgyz parliament's measure is also a set-back to the Obama administration's move to deploy 17,000 more troops in the terror-ravaged South-west Asian country.
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