BISHKEK, April 9 (Xinhua) — Kyrgyz interim leader Roza Otunbayeva on Friday offered ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev personal safety on the condition of his resignation, as the opposition-led government tries to restore order across the country.
\”We will guarantee his personal security if he steps down,\” Roza Otunbayeva said after meeting with an envoy to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
\”He wants to turn to courts, and we don\’t brush away this possibility,\” Otunbayeva was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying.
Meanwhile Otunbayeva excluded the possibility for talks on the issue.
\”The deaths of 75 people is the answer to all of his attempts to return. I can\’t say whether or not he will make a statement on resignation,\” she said.
Otunbayeva also said some governors in the southern part of the country were supportive of the new government.
Kyrgyz opposition parties on Thursday formed an interim coalition government, while Bakiyev refused to step down after clashes that left at least 76 people dead and more than 1,400 injured.
Another opposition leader, former defense minister Ismail Isakov, told reporters Thursday that all senior officials of the Bakiyev government have been banned from leaving the country.
On Friday, all major departments of the Kyrgyz government lowered their flags in mourning for victims of the unrest across the Central Asian country during the past few days.
Officials from the interim government said law and order has been restored with no more looting.
\”The situation in the capital city was under control by 01:00 a.m. on April 9 (0700 GMT) and streets were cleared of crowds of young rioters,\” according to the press service of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry.
Meanwhile, public transportation resumed in Bishkek after Wednesday\’s unrest, Xinhua correspondents witnessed.
Flights resumed at the U.S. Manas air base on Friday after being halted during Wednesday\’s uprising.
The situation in the Central Asian country has raised global concerns, as several countries demanded a return to peace as soon as possible.
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