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Turkey favors a settlement in Chechnya in the framework of Russia\'s territorial integrity, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan said in an exclusive interview with Interfax on Monday ahead of President Vladimir Putin\'s visit to Turkey. \"We want a fundamental solution of the Chechen question in the framework of Russia\'s territorial integrity and constitutional system, by peaceful means and with due consideration for human rights,\" he said. \"Turkey believes that there should be no place for terrorism under any circumstances and criticizes the phenomenon at the highest level,\" Erdogan said.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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