国际英语新闻：Kyrgyz president says ready for negotiations, warns of further bloodshed

BISHKEK, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said Monday he is willing to negotiate with the interim government formed by the opposition, while the interim leaders sought financial aid from Russia and mulled special operations against the ousted president.

Bakiyev, who was forced to flee the capital city following nationwide protests last week, made the gesture when speaking to supporters at his hometown in the southern province of Jalalabad.

The president asked for the deployment of a UN peacekeeping contingent in the Central Asian nation, saying the nation's police force and defense troops have already been paralyzed.

He also said that his supporters would soon start to stage demonstrations and protests in the south of the country.

According to Bakiyev, a majority of southern Kyrgyz people remained supportive of him and they would take to the streets in Jalalabad and Osh from Tuesday.

Responding to the threats that the interim government would take action against him, Bakiyev warned that any attempt to seize or kill him would result in more bloodshed.

Also on Monday, Almazbek Atambayev, first deputy prime minister of the interim Kyrgyz government, told reporters that the interim leaders mulled special operations against Bakiyev.

Earlier, the interim government had warned it could use force against Bakiyev, raising tensions in the country whose economy has already been battered.

"The interim government is prepared to use force in the event that Bakiyev attempts to destabilize the situation," Omurbek Tekebayev, a deputy head of the interim government said Sunday on national radio.

Meanwhile, Atambayev said the government expected more economic aid from Russia due to the current situation.

"In the peace time in 2009 Kyrgyzstan had been allocated 150 million U.S. dollars, and in the developed situation, naturally, aid will be bigger," said Almazbek Atambayev at a press conference.

The deputy prime minister in charge of economic affairs said a delegation will fly to Moscow on Wednesday, seeking solutions to the shortage of oil products and more grants.

He also pledged to stick to all international commitments, including the agreement between Kyrgyzstan and the United States on the transit center at Manas airport.

"I believe that in a year's time the U.S. will be withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan and we will settle the issue of the presence of the center in Kyrgyzstan in a civilized way together with the U.S. government," he said.

Dozens of protesters died and hundreds more were injured last Wednesday when police fired gunshots into the crowds of protesters outside the presidential office in a bid to disperse them.

Following the deadly unrest, Bakiyev fled to the south and opposition parties formed an interim government led by Roza Otunbayeva, a former foreign minister.

On Sunday, Bakiyev's security chief admitted he, instead of the president, had ordered guards to shoot at protesters, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported.