Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister and Acting President Sadyr Zhaparov appointed a close ally as national security chief on Friday as he consolidated control over the Central Asian country rocked by unrest following a parliamentary vote. 

Zhaparov's appointment of Kamchibek Tashiyev – a longtime confidant – as head of the State National Security Council (GKNB) was confirmed by the government press service. 

Zhaparov on Thursday declared himself acting president of the country after President Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigned hours earlier. They appeared in parliament together on Friday.

Speaking in the legislature, Jeenbekov reaffirmed his resignation and said he was "clean before the Almighty and the people." MPs applauded him as he left the room.  

Zhaparov pledged to oversee fresh parliamentary elections expected in December.

He told parliament that the government is "changing peacefully, and we should be grateful to God for that." 

Central Election Commission head Nurzhan Shaildabekova said Friday that fresh parliamentary elections could be held on December 20, with a presidential vote a month later on January 17. 

The dates have yet to be confirmed. 

Parliament also voted on Friday to end a state of emergency that Jeenbekov had imposed. The former president had ordered troops to be deployed in Bishkek.

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Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked republic of 6.5 million people, has been dogged by political volatility for much of the past three decades.

In a phone call Thursday, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov told his new Kyrgyz counterpart Ruslan Kazakbayev of Moscow's "concern about the development of the internal political situation" and readiness to assist "legitimate state organs" seeking stability, a Russian foreign ministry statement said. 

(With input from agencies)