President Kurmanbek Bakiev issued a resolution on 30 November formally rebuking Zamira Sydykova, Kyrgyzstan\'s ambassador to the United States, for statements she made about the U.S. base in Kyrgyzstan. In mid-November, Sydykova spoke to the \"Financial Times\" and \"The New York Times\" about negotiations between Kyrgyzstan and the United States over payments for the use of the base. The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry later said that Sydykova had not been authorized to make such statements. (akipress.org)