国际英语新闻：Resignation of Kyrgyz ousted president urged

BISHKEK, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyz interim leaders on Friday called on the ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to resign, while claiming they have known his whereabouts.

Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz interim government Roza Otunbayeva told reporters here on Friday if ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev agreed to step down, then he would be permitted to leave the country.

"We will guarantee his personal security if he steps down," said Otunbayeva 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 as saying by the Interfax news agency.

Meanwhile the opposition leader excluded the possibility for talks on this 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.

Another opposition leader, former defense minister Ismail Isakov, told reporters on Thursday that all senior officials of the Bakiyev government have been banned from leaving the country.

Kyrgyz former parliament Speaker and interim Deputy Prime Minister Omurbek Tekebayev said talks were possible only if Bakiyev agrees to resign.

"Kurmanbek Bakiyev can join the negotiations provided these focus on his resignation and the preservation of immunity," said Tekebayev, adding that the president cannot be denied immunity against criminal prosecution.

Otunbayeva also said some governors in southern part of the country were supportive towards the new government.