The Union of Soldiers Mothers Committees is planning to meet with Chechen separatist envoy Akhmed Zakayev on November 23 or 24, the group has announced. \"The Soldiers\' Mothers\' talks with Zakayev, who was authorized to meet with us by Maskhadov, is to take place in late November, most probably on November 23 or 24, in Brussels,\" the Union\'s executive secretary Valentina Melnikova told Interfax on Monday. She was informed about the upcoming talks by European Parliamentary Deputy Bart Staes, Melnikova said. \"I talked about this with Mr. Staes by telephone on November 12,\" she said. \"After we receive visas at the Belgian Embassy, we shall form a delegation, which I have been authorized to lead. The main goal of the talks is to find a way out of the Chechen impasse and to stop the bloodshed in Chechnya,\" she said. The Chechen leadership has responded negatively to the Soldiers Mothers\' initiative to meet with representatives of the Chechen separatists. \"If the members of the Soldiers Mothers Committee are citizens of Russia, we are surprised by their wish to meet with those whom law enforcement bodies are accusing of terrorism and who are being sought for to be brought to justice,\" Chechen State Council Chairman Taus Dzhabrailov earlier told Interfax. \"I don\'t understand the soldiers\' mothers\' initiative. Why is this public organization proposing talks and offering to act as a mediator? Why on earth? Talks with Maskhadov and his people must be conducted by prosecutors, not by public organizations,\" Dzhabrailov said. This opinion is shared by Chechen First Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov, who earlier told Interfax: \"Not a single sober-minded person will sit at a negotiating table with terrorists known throughout the world.\" He described Maskhadov\'s proposal to establish contacts with the Soldiers Mothers Committee as a propaganda gimmick, aimed at launching yet another political campaign for the separatist ringleaders. (Interfax)