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Monday, 19 August 2002
GEORGIA DENIES MAINTAINING CONTACTS WITH CHECHEN PRESIDENT
By empty (8/19/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgian Foreign Ministry spokesman Kakha Sikharulidze on 16 August rejected as "absurd" Russian Foreign Ministry allegations that the Georgian authorities have consistently maintained contact with Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov via the Chechen representation in Tbilisi. "There were no such contacts in the past. There will be no such contacts in the future," Sikharulidze said.
Georgian Foreign Ministry spokesman Kakha Sikharulidze on 16 August rejected as "absurd" Russian Foreign Ministry allegations that the Georgian authorities have consistently maintained contact with Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov via the Chechen representation in Tbilisi. "There were no such contacts in the past. There will be no such contacts in the future," Sikharulidze said. He added that the Chechen office in Tbilisi is not officially registered and the Georgian authorities have no contact with its staff. (RFE/RL)