The provisional Kyrgyz government will not negotiate with toppled president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyz opposition-nominated premier told journalists on Friday.
"We don't even plan to hold talks with him" Roza Otunbayeva said, adding that Bakiyev's intentions to retrieve power were "unrealistic dreams."
Earlier on Thursday Bakiyev told Ekho Moskvy radio station he would not lay down his duties.
Experts say that if Bakiyev keeps a hold on the south of the country, where he traditionally has the most support, a civil war between the north and the south could be a possibility.
"There are lots of extremely wealthy people who fattened their wallets under the previous government. They are giving arms to new recruits. You can see outbreaks of violence all over the city" Otunbayeva told journalists.
She said that three explosive devices had been found in public places in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek and had probably been laid by Bakiyev's supporters.
However, Otunbayeva stressed that the provisional government would not allow a civil war.
"We are now using our strengths to the maximum, we are mobilized, we have resources, equipment and the capability not to allow a civil war," she said.
At least 75 people have been killed and more than 1400 injured in the unrest, which began on Tuesday in the northwestern Kyrgyz town of Talas and spread on Wednesday and Thursday to other regions of the country, including Bishkek. The armed forces, police and security services have sided with the opposition.
BISHKEK, April 9 (RIA Novosti)
