**The ousted Kyrgyzstan leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev has said he remains the true president of the central Asian country.**Mr Bakiyev was speaking from Belarus, where he has now taken refuge after being overthrown in a violent uprising earlier this month.
He said he did not recognise earlier reports of his resignation and that “death alone” would stop him.
Kyrgyzstan’s interim leaders have said he should stand trial over the unrest in which more than 80 people died.
“I, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, am the legally elected president of Kyrgyzstan and recognised by the international community,” he told reporters in Minsk.
"I do not recognise my resignation. Nine months ago the people of Kyrgyzstan elected me their president and there is no power that can stop me.
“Only death can stop me,” Mr Bakiyev said.
Mr Bakiyev had initially fled to Kazakhstan after the opposition seized government, but on Tuesday Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko said he and his family were in the country as “guests”.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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