MOSCOW, April 4 (UPI) -- Askar Akayev resigned Monday as president of Kyrgyzstan during a brief meeting at the Kyrgyz embassy in Moscow, Itar-Tass reported.
Some media outlets, however, said that Akayev, ousted last month in a coup that drove him and his inner circle to flee to Moscow, had yet to officially resign and intended to do so only after addressing the central Asian's Parliament in a remote broadcast from Russia's capital.
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A Kyrgyz delegation of lawmakers met Sunday in Moscow with the deposed leader to make arrangements for his resignation.
Both parties agreed on a protocol for his resignation and new elections in the central Asian nation, Novosti reported.