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Thursday, 05 February 2004
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DEPUTIES BACK INTERNATIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN CHECHNYA
By empty (2/5/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On 4 February, 145 of the 624 deputies to the European parliament signed a statement of support for the proposal by Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov to establish an interim UN administration in Chechnya. Maskhadov\'s plan calls for the establishment of a provisional government in Chechnya under UN auspices and for the disarming of the Chechen armed resistance. \"Nezavisimaya gazeta\" on 5 February quoted an unnamed organizer of the European Parliament campaign to collect signatures in support of the proposal as saying, \"I believe that this is the only way of resolving the Russian-Chechen problem.
On 4 February, 145 of the 624 deputies to the European parliament signed a statement of support for the proposal by Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov to establish an interim UN administration in Chechnya. Maskhadov\'s plan calls for the establishment of a provisional government in Chechnya under UN auspices and for the disarming of the Chechen armed resistance. \"Nezavisimaya gazeta\" on 5 February quoted an unnamed organizer of the European Parliament campaign to collect signatures in support of the proposal as saying, \"I believe that this is the only way of resolving the Russian-Chechen problem.\" (RFE/RL)