ALMA ATA, March 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Kyrgyz Prime Minister Nikolai Tanayev on Wednesday left for the southern city of Osh to hold talks with demonstrators, Russian news agencies reported Wednesday.

    Tanayev left by helicopter for the city, where the opposition had taken over the airport, police stations and government buildings, according to the reports.

    Meanwhile, a spokesman for President Askar Akayev said there would be no talks with "criminal groups".

    Tanayev was going south to "look for someone constructive to talk to," the spokesman added.

    Earlier on Wednesday, Kyrgyz President Akayev ordered to sack his interior minister and the general prosecutor.

    Akayev, who gave no reasons for the sacking in his decrees, has rejected opposition demands to step down or cancel the results of a parliamentary election disputed by the opposition.

    Akayev's supporters won a landslide victory in the parliament elections held on Feb. 27 with runoffs in many regions on March 13.

    On Sunday, thousands of opposition supporters stormed government buildings in the southern town of Jalal-Abad, following protests Friday in nearby Osh, the second-biggest city in the country.

    The opposition refused to accept the results and accused the authorities of fraud in the election, demanding Akayev's resignation. Akayev has blamed the opposition leaders for incitinga civil war. Enditem