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Wednesday, 19 January 2005
RUSSIA SAYS GEORGIA\'S PANKISI GORGE STILL A PROBLEM
By empty (1/19/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters on Wednesday that the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia \"gives us certain anxiety, and has done so for more than one year.\" Russia has repeatedly claimed that militants, including guerrillas from Chechnya, take refuge in the gorge and has been demanding intervention from the Georgian government. In an interview with Interfax earlier on Wednesday, Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili dismissed the Russian allegations as \"absolutely groundless.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters on Wednesday that the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia \"gives us certain anxiety, and has done so for more than one year.\" Russia has repeatedly claimed that militants, including guerrillas from Chechnya, take refuge in the gorge and has been demanding intervention from the Georgian government. In an interview with Interfax earlier on Wednesday, Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili dismissed the Russian allegations as \"absolutely groundless.\" (Interfax)