Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who...

"I declare that as a president I did not and will not lay down my duties," the agency quoted Bakiyev"s statement as saying.

"At the moment I have no opportunity to influence the situation in the country," he added, acknowledging that the armed forces, police and security services have taken the opposition side.

He is now believed to be hiding in southern Kyrgyzstan, his traditional powerbase. His political foes have formed a government led by Roza Otunbayeva and promised to hold new presidential polls in six months.

MOSCOW, April 8 (RIA Novosti)