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Thursday, 25 March 2004
GEORGIAN PRESIDENT ACCUSES ADJAR LEADER OF SEEKING TO RECRUIT MERCENARIES
By empty (3/25/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Saakashvili told journalists on 24 March that he has information that Adjar State Council Chairman Aslan Abashidze is seeking to hire foreign mercenaries in Chechnya and Ukraine for use in the event of an armed standoff with the central Georgian government. Abashidze denied those allegations. In Kyiv, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry summoned Georgian Ambassador Grigol Katamadze on 25 March and demanded an explanation of Saakashvili\'s remarks, which it termed \"inadmissible\" in the light of Ukraine\'s efforts to help resolve the Abkhaz conflict.
President Saakashvili told journalists on 24 March that he has information that Adjar State Council Chairman Aslan Abashidze is seeking to hire foreign mercenaries in Chechnya and Ukraine for use in the event of an armed standoff with the central Georgian government. Abashidze denied those allegations. In Kyiv, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry summoned Georgian Ambassador Grigol Katamadze on 25 March and demanded an explanation of Saakashvili\'s remarks, which it termed \"inadmissible\" in the light of Ukraine\'s efforts to help resolve the Abkhaz conflict. (Caucasus Press)