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By Vladimir Radyuhin
MOSCOW, APRIL 2. A group of Kyrgyz parliamentarians will arrive in Moscow on Sunday to accept the resignation of the ousted leader, Askar Akayev. "We have received the President's oral consent to step down," said the Parliament Speaker, Orumbek Tekebayev, on Saturday. Speaking in Bishkek Mr. Tekebayev said Mr. Akayev would sign a resignation letter in Moscow, not in Kiev, capital of Ukraine, as proposed by the Foreign Ministers of Georgia and Ukraine. They came to Kyrgyzstan on Friday to offer to mediate in talks with Mr. Akayev, and to invite Kyrgyzstan to join a "Democratic Choice" coalition Tbilisi and Kiev were establishing to unite former Soviet states where "people's power" revolutions led to a change of regime. Mr. Akayev earlier insisted he should be allowed to address Parliament before tendering his resignation. His consent to resign in Russia, where he found shelter after fleeing Kyrgyzstan, came a day after the new Kyrgyz authorities arrested the assets of Kyrgyzstan's sole mobile operator, Bitel, which reportedly belongs to the Akayev family. The Deputy Prime Minister, Daniyar Usenov, himself a businessman, said the Government was scrutinising Akayev-linked business. "There is alcohol, gasoline, television and mobile communication business (owned by the Akayev family)," he said. "The deeper we're looking into it the more ashamed we become over law violations committed in this country." Mr. Akayev has denied owning any business himself.
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