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Maskhadov praises Georgia’s friendly ties with Chechnya

“My representatives and assistants in Georgia have informed me that the Georgian leadership and Georgian government representatives have no objection to the presence of our refugees on their territory. On the contrary, they are helping them, they are willing to help,” Maskhadov said.

“Maskhadov and Basayev designed in close cooperation this criminal act against little children, teenagers and their parents in Beslan,” the statement said.
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Basayev is currentlyl working with Maskadov who currently working with Akhmadov who has been granted asylum by the United States, as Chechen rebels they are all under the al-Qaeda umbrella.

Akhmadov was reappointed this month . (August 2004) to the foreign minister-in-exile position by Aslan Maskhadov.
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Bush is harboring a Chechen terrorist. Georgia’s Saakashvili, well known to be Bush’s puppet, would not be harboring Chechen rebels or refugees without Bush’s approval.

"We put this question before the Georgian leadership and it agreed with the necessity of solving the problem of terrorists using Georgian territory as a staging post and place to relax after their despicable work," Lavrov said in the interview.
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Chechen rebels with links to international terrorists are still hiding in a remote part of Georgia, the U.S. ambassador said on Monday, backing longstanding accusations by Russia.
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Georgia’s Saakashvili Denies Friendly Ties With Chechen Rebels
Created: 29.09.2004 11:49 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:51 MSK, 5 hours 8 minutes ago


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“Most Chechen field commanders have their hands stained with blood of ethnic Georgians who live in Abkhazia. Therefore, those people are no friends of ours. God save us from such friends. As regards to our enemies, we will get rid of them ourselves,” President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili said in response to Aslan Maskhadov’s statement broadcast on Georgian TV.

The footage first shown by Georgia’s Mze TV was shown on Tuesday on Russia’s Channel 3 TV. “I know things will not be easy for the president of Georgia,” the leader of Chechen separatists said. “I know what to expect of Russia and I know how to resist Russia. I hope the Georgian president and people will have the patience and endurance to truly uphold their interests.”

Maskhadov spoke in Russian, and he was filmed against the background of the green flag of the self-style independent Republic of “Ichkeria”.

“My representatives and assistants in Georgia have informed me that the Georgian leadership and Georgian government representatives have no objection to the presence of our refugees on their territory. On the contrary, they are helping them, they are willing to help,” Maskhadov said.

The Channel 3 commentator noted that Mze TV had shown this footage at the time of the terrorist attacks against two Russian passenger jets — Tu-134 and Tu-154 — that blew up in mid-air killing nearly 90 people on 24 August. Both planes are believed to have been destroyed by female suicide bombers.

“Most Chechen field commanders have their hands stained with blood of Georgian population of Abkhazia. Therefore, those people are no friends of ours,” Mikhail Saakashvili told a news briefing on Tuesday evening, commenting on Maskhadov’s statement.

Saakashvili reiterated Georgia’s pledge to cooperate in Russia in combating terrorism. “Not long ago the National Security Minister of Georgia met with the directors of FSB (Federal Security Service) and SVR (foreign intelligence service) of Russia. We have no secrets from Russian security services in what concerns combating terrorism,” the Georgian leader told a news briefing on Tuesday evening.

“We carry out joint inspection flights over our borders. At our initiative we have arranged for joint patrolling of the borders so that no armed person could cross the border not only from Georgia into Russia, but also from Russia into Georgia,” the president said. “The sooner Russia introduces order in its territory the better people in Georgia will sleep,” Saakashvili concluded.




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