Mikheil Saakashvili publicly refuted on 28 April the U.S. State Department\'s \"Country Reports on Terrorism 2004.\" That U.S. assessment notes the Georgian government\'s \"deep commitment\" to combating domestic and international terrorism, adding that \"Georgia is still used to a limited degree as a terrorist transit state, although much less so since the government crackdown on the Pankisi Gorge in 2002.\" Saakashvili affirmed that \"there are no terrorists in Georgia and will not be any as long as I am president.\" Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili was more circumspect, commenting that no country in the world can categorically exclude the possibility that its territory has been used by terrorists. Parliament speaker Nino Burdjanadze said the U.S. assessment should not be seen as \"tragic,\" noting that it is difficult to control a mountainous region such as the Pankisi Gorge, and that the U.S. report acknowledges that \"the infiltration [of Georgian territory] by terrorists has been reduced to a minimum.\" In Moscow, Akhmar Zavgaev, who is Chechnya\'s representative on the Federation Council, said on 28 April that militants, including foreign mercenaries, continue to enter Chechnya from Georgian and Azerbaijani territory. (RFE/RL)