MOSCOW - The speaker of Kyrgyzstan's parliament, Omurbek Tekebayev, said Tuesday he was willing to hold talks with ousted leader Askar Akayev if he had the backing of the chamber to do so, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.
Tekebayev made the offer after Akayev went on Russian radio to call for discussions with the parliament, while refusing to resign and calling himself the "sole legitimate president" of the Central Asian state.
03/29/2005 14:25 GMT