Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev who fled his country after his government collapsed under the opposition pressure said he does not intend to resign from his post, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.

"Currently, I can see no reason to resign," Akayev said in an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station on Tuesday.

The ousted president said he was "the only legitimate president of Kyrgyzstan elected by the people."

"My term in office will expire on Oct. 30, 2005. I haven't resigned yet, or laid down my authority as president," Akayev said.

Akayev said he does not intend to run for the post of Kyrgyz president again. "I have said several times that this is my last term (in office)," Akayev said in the interview with Ekho.

Kyrgyzstan's disputed parliamentary elections on Feb. 27 and March 13 triggered widespread protests across the country. Opposition supporters stormed the main government building in Bishkek Thursday, forcing Akayev to flee the country.

On Tuesday, the upper house of Kyrgyzstan's old parliament agreed to cede power to the new parliament elected in February's disputed polls, ending a cut-throat battle for legitimacy between the two legislatures following the overthrow of Akayev.

Kyrgyz acting Foreign Minister Roza Otunbayeva told the Russian newspaper Vremiy Novostei published on Tuesday that Kyrgyzstan's new leadership has no plan to seek the extradition of Akayev.

The new leadership will not demand the extradition of Akayev if he prefers to live where he thinks appropriate, said Otunbayeva.

Moscow on Saturday granted asylum to Akayev at his request, the Interfax news agency quoted the Kremlin press service as saying.