Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev, who fled his country last month after demonstrators stormed his offices, signed a resignation agreement Monday, Kyrgyz lawmakers said, a key step toward restoring stability in the Central Asian nation. Akayev signed the agreement at the Kyrgyz Embassy in Moscow a day after it was worked out in talks with a delegation representing Kyrgyzstan's interim leadership, said the lawmakers who were in the delegation headed by parliament speaker Omurbek Tekebayev. The resignation is effective Tuesday, they said. It was not immediately clear if Akayev intended to make a public statement.
