The ousted Kyrgyz president ruled out on...
aid package.However, Kyrgyzstan and the U.S. signed on June 22, 2009 an agreement to establish a transit center at Manas international airport, which allows the U.S. to continue sending troops and supplies to Afghanistan.
Protests began in the northwestern Kyrgyz town of Talas on Tuesday and spread to other regions of the country including the capital, Bishkek, on Wednesday and Thursday. At least 76 people were killed and more than 1,500 injured in the unrest.
Bakiyev, who fled the capital Bishkek amid the violent riots, has so far refused to resign although he no longer has any real power. Kyrgyzstan is now under the control of an interim government, formed by the opposition.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and other senior officials have dismissed talks of Russia"s alleged role in the Kyrgyz coup.
However, a telephone conversation between Putin and the opposition-nominated Kyrgyz Prime Minister Roza Otunbayeva on Thursday was a clear
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