Akayev could arrive in Russia, Putin says

The Russia Journal
Mar 25, 2005 Posted: 16:03 Moscow time (12:03 GMT)

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks that Askar Akayev’s
arrival in Russia is quite possible. The President of Russia has said
at a news conference in Yerevan (Armenia) that the Russian government
was ready to receive Akayev, if the latter were willing to come.

Putin remarked that the present events in Kyrgyzstan were the result
of the government’s weakness, as well as social and economic problems
that have been growing in the country over a long period of time. The
new government of Kyrgyzstan should take the situation under control
and cope with this situation, the Russian President believes. He
expressed hope that relations between Russia and Kyrgyzstan would
develop positively, as they did before. /RosBusinessConsulting/