News Digest
ACTING GEORGIAN PRESIDENT SLAMS MOSCOW TALKS WITH REGIONAL LEADERS
By empty (12/1/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Speaking on 1 December at Maastricht at an OSCE foreign ministers\' meeting, Nino Burdjanadze said that the talks that began last week in Moscow between senior Russian officials and the leaders of Georgia\'s autonomous and breakaway republics fuel confrontation and undermine Georgia\'s territorial integrity. At the same time, she praised Russia\'s role in expediting the 23 November resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze and affirmed Georgia\'s readiness to begin a new phase of relations with Moscow. Burdjanadze and Georgian Foreign Minister Tedo Djaparidze met for 40 minutes on the sidelines of the meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, who dismissed Burdjanadze\'s concern over the Moscow talks as unfounded, Interfax reported.AZERBAIJANI INTELLIGENTSIA OFFERS TO MEDIATE DIALOGUE BETWEEN AUTHORITIES, OPPOSITION
By empty (12/1/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Amal, an organization that represents the Azerbaijani intelligentsia, released a statement on 1 December calling for a dialogue between the Azerbaijani authorities and the political parties Amal considers the \"true\" opposition. Those parties are Musavat, the progressive and conservative wings of the divided Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, and the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan. Amal expressed readiness to mediate in such a dialogue.TERRORIST CAMP DESTROYED IN CHECHNYA
By empty (12/1/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A terrorist camp under construction has been destroyed in the Vedeno district of Chechnya, people in the headquarters of the Joint Group of Forces in the North Caucasus reported on Monday. \"On Sunday, units of temporary operation forces of the Russian Interior Ministry and reconnaissance units located the terrorist camp one kilometre from the Shamil-Khutor village and destroyed it. The camp consisted of two incomplete dug-outs and six tents,\" the source said.OVER 400 CHECHEN RESIDENTS DECLARED MISSING IN 2003
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More than 400 residents of Chechnya have been declared missing in 2003, Deputy Prime Minister Movsur Khamidov told Interfax on Monday. \"Over 400 residents have been abducted or declared missing in the Chechen Republic since the beginning of the year,\" he said. Khamidov, who is in charge of law-enforcement departments, said that the rate of abductions in Chechnya had been reducing.Visit also
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