Astana refutes Bakiyev's escape to Minsk

Kurmanbek Bakiyev whose resignation from the post of the president of Kyrgyzstan was announced on April 16 has not fled the territory of the country. He remains in in the city of Taraz in southern Kyrgyzstan, reports Lenta.ru. The office of the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenka had no information about the ousted Kyrgyz leader flying to Belarus, reports the same Russian internet newspaper. In the morning of April 17 several media houses reported, quoting anonymous sources, that Bakieyev had allegedly flew from Kazakhstan to Belarus. The former president, who signed his resignation statement in Taraz, arrived in the city in the evening of April 15.