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Kyrgyz parliamentarians due in Moscow
3/4/2005 7:46

A delegation from the parliament of Kyrgyzstan will leave the capital Bishkek Saturday night for Moscow to negotiate with the country's ousted president Askar Akayev on his resignation, the parliamentary press office said Saturday.
The delegation, headed by Parliament Speaker Omurbek Tekebayev, will negotiate with Akayev, now in Moscow, on details concerning his resignation, the office said in a statement.
Akayev, who fled the country amid strong opposition protests last week, has hinted that he wants to return and might resign if his security is guaranteed.
Kyrgyzstan's constitution requires the president to return to Kyrgyzstan and announce his resignation to all members of parliament.
Earlier in the day, the chairwomen of the Kyrgyz Constitutional Court Cholpon Bayekova raised the possibility of Akayev's resigning abroad by saying that representatives of the parliament could go to Russia to collect and return with his resignation documents.
Akayev, Kyrgyz president for the past 14 years, fled his country on March 24 when opposition supporters stormed the main government building in Bishkek.
The opposition claimed Akayev rigged recent parliamentary polls to pave the way for winning a further presidential term later this year.



 Xinhua