Bakiyev resigns, flees
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April 16, 2010, Friday
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DEPOSED Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev left the country for Kazakhstan yesterday after signing a resignation statement, a member of Kyrgyzstan's interim government said yesterday.
Almambek Shykmamotov also said yesterday the interim government has ordered the arrest of the ex-president's brothers, and a special operation is under way in southern Kyrgyzstan to apprehend them.
World leaders helped broker the deal for deposed Bakiyev to flee to neighboring Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry said yesterday. Ministry spokesman Ilyas Omarov said United States President Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev reached an agreement that let Bakiyev fly to Kazakhstan yesterday.
Witnesses said Bakiyev flew out from the southern city of Jalal-Abad in a military transport aircraft. His departure will likely assuage tensions and ease fears of new violence.
Bakiyev was driven from the capital, Bishkek, on April 7 after a protest boiled over into gunfire. Protesters then stormed government buildings.
At least 83 people died in the violence. The opposition has accused one of Bakiyev's brothers of ordering to fire on protesters in Bishkek.
Almambek Shykmamotov also said yesterday the interim government has ordered the arrest of the ex-president's brothers, and a special operation is under way in southern Kyrgyzstan to apprehend them.
World leaders helped broker the deal for deposed Bakiyev to flee to neighboring Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry said yesterday. Ministry spokesman Ilyas Omarov said United States President Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev reached an agreement that let Bakiyev fly to Kazakhstan yesterday.
Witnesses said Bakiyev flew out from the southern city of Jalal-Abad in a military transport aircraft. His departure will likely assuage tensions and ease fears of new violence.
Bakiyev was driven from the capital, Bishkek, on April 7 after a protest boiled over into gunfire. Protesters then stormed government buildings.
At least 83 people died in the violence. The opposition has accused one of Bakiyev's brothers of ordering to fire on protesters in Bishkek.
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