Deposed Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev and his family are in Minsk

"Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and his family are in Minsk," Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday, adding that they were under his personal protection, ITAR-TASS reports.

He also said that Bakiyev had arrived in the capital of the former Soviet republic on Monday night.