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Turkey cannot prevent citizens from fighting in Chechnya
Turkey is vigorously fighting terrorism but âit is unable to prevent some Turkish citizens from participating in band formations in Chechnya," Turkish ambassador to Russia, Kurtulus Taskent, told Tass on Wednesday. âRussia and Turkey have signed a number of agreements on jointly fighting terrorism. There exist mechanisms for their implementation and they do workâ, Taskent said. However, he said, âThere are not enough police to watch over everyone." âIt may occur that some persons took part in the criminal activities in Chechnya and were killed,â the ambassador said. According to the official information of the Russian power-wielding agencies, two militants, Turkish citizens, were liquidated during special operations of federal forces in Chechnya. In this connection Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov told the French âLe Figaroâ on March 6: âFederals have liquidated dozens of foreign terrorists, among them those from NATO countries, mostly from Turkey.â Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-04-28 |
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