Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who was forced to flee the capital Bishkek amid a bloody¹ uprising, has insisted he will not resign.

吉尔吉斯斯坦总统巴基耶夫，因最近的血腥起义而被迫逃离首都比什凯克，强调自己不会辞职。

In a series of interviews, Mr Bakiyev said he was in the south and would not leave. But he accepted he had lost control of the security forces.

The opposition², under ex-foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva, says it has taken full power.

The violent uprising（起义，升起） has left 75 people dead and more than 1,000 injured.

Further sustained（持久的，持续的） gunfire was heard after nightfall on Thursday, with Reuters news agency quoting the interior ministry³ as saying police were battling hundreds of looters（掠夺者） .

'Repression⁴ and tyranny'

Mr Bakiyev, who came to power in a revolution in the Central Asian state five years ago, fled the bloody clashes in Bishkek on Wednesday reportedly to fly to the city of Osh.

He told BBC Russian he was in southern Kyrgyzstan but would not disclose（揭露，公开） the exact location.

Mr Bakiyev said he was the legitimate⁵（合法的，正统的） president and condemned⁶ the uprising, saying "armed people are strolling（闲逛，散布） the streets of the capital - stealing things, looting and pillaging⁷（掠夺，抢劫） , killing⁸ people. And this new 'interim⁹ government'... is completely incapable¹⁰ of imposing¹¹ order - and they're simply blaming the president for everything."

But he added: "If this so-called 'temporary' government that has appointed itself is prepared to begin negotiation¹² talks, then I'm prepared to listen to them."

In an earlier interview with Russia's Ekho Moskvy radio station he insisted he had "no plans" to leave Kyrgyzstan but admitted: "I don't have any real levers（杠杆，手段） of power."

Mr Bakiyev's defiance¹³（蔑视，挑战） followed a news conference held by Ms Otunbayeva in which she said her interim government - which would remain in power until elections are held in six months - was fully¹⁴ in control of the country and had appointed new ministers.

She said Mr Bakiyev was trying to rally（集合，恢复） support in his home region of Jalal-Abad and urged him to resign, saying: "His business here is over."

Ms Otunbayeva went on: "What we did yesterday was our answer to the repression and tyranny against the people by the Bakiyev regime.

"You can call this revolution. You can call this a people's revolt（反抗，叛乱） . Either way, it is our way of saying that we want justice and democracy."

The violence initially¹⁵ broke out in the provincial¹⁶ town of Talas on Tuesday and spread to Bishkek, where demonstrators marched on government buildings, and another town, Naryn, on Wednesday.