Acting Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said Kyrgyzstan will continue to enhance cooperation under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.  

Bakiyev made the statement during a meeting with visiting SCO Secretary-General Zhang Deguang.

During a phone conversation with interim Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Roza Otunbayeva, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing agreed to enhance cooperation under the SCO's framework.

Meanwhile, the Russian newspaper Izvestia reports that Bakiyev has denied the new Kyrgyz government is split of major issues.

He said the controversial issues facing the new government can be solved through negotiation.

(CRI.com April 7, 2005)