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...blood." But the first signs that the ousted President was prepared to change his mind came at a news conference in his home village of Teyit Tuesday where he said he'll resign if the interim government guarantees his and his family's safety. He also proposed that Roza Otunbayeva, the head of the interim government, come to his southern home base for talks and guaranteed safety for her and other officials. But Otunbayeva's chief of staff, Edil Baisalov, rejected that idea, saying "we are not holding talks with bloody dictators." It wasn't immediately clear if that refusal...
...Otunbayeva confirmed on Friday, April 9, that arrest warrants had been issued for Bakiyev and several male relatives who held senior posts in his administration. She pledged not to use force against them but said she could not guarantee their safety from "marauders" seeking revenge for last week's slaying of protesters. "What he did calls for a serious trial," Otunbayeva told Reuters on Sunday, adding, "To be honest, we can hardly restrain those who are ready to rush there [to his stronghold] with rifles." (See pictures of the struggle for power in Kyrgyzstan...
...concern of the U.S. is to prevent the new leadership from kicking out the U.S. air base in the northern city of Manas, which is a vital transport link for America's war in nearby Afghanistan. About 50,000 coalition troops passed through it in March alone. On Saturday, Otunbayeva assured U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the new Kyrgyz government would abide by previous agreements to let Manas operate. But the Russian government has lobbied hard to force Kyrgyzstan to evict it, with a senior Russian official telling reporters on April 8 that "in Kyrgyzstan, there should...
...Kyrgyz opposition, meanwhile, took up the Russian cause in recent months, expressing deep concerns that Bakiyev's government was siding too closely with the Americans at the expense of traditional ties with Moscow. Otunbayeva was at the forefront of this initiative. In February, when she was still an opposition leader in the Kyrgyz parliament, she told Bakiyev's government that it "must not act the way it's acting toward Russia, which is our strategic partner and ally...
...remains to be seen what shape Otunbayeva's foreign policy will take. In the past, the 53-year-old career diplomat has served as both a Soviet apparatchik in Moscow and a Kyrgyz ambassador to the U.S., Britain and Canada. While the country remains in a state of limbo, Otunbayeva and the other revolution leaders have tempered their pro-Russia rhetoric, focusing on the consolidation of power at home rather than jumping into foreign policy dilemmas. They've said the U.S. can continue operating its military base for now, and they've pledged to hold elections in six months, although...