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Kyrgyz opposition conditionally allows ousted president to leave

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-04-10 00:14
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BISHKEK - Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz interim government Roza Otunbayeva told reporters here on Friday that if ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev agreed to step down, then he would be permitted to leave the country.

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"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).

Kyrgyz opposition parties on Thursday formed an interim coalition government, while Bakiyev refused to step down after clashes that left at least 75 people dead and more than 1,400 injured.

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.