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| Akhmed Zakayev is making a visit to Norway |
| 2004-06-26 |
| Vice Premier of the Chechen Government, Special Envoy of President of CRI abroad Akhmed Zakayev is paying a visit to Norway by invitation of leader of the Norwegian Socialist Left Party Kristin Halvorsen. Today, at 14:00 pm, according to the schedule of visit, Akhmed Zakayev made a report about real situation in Chechnya in the Norwegian Parliament (Storting), before the deputies included in the parliamentary Commission of Foreign Policy. In his speech Zakayev noted that owing to informational blackout of the Chechen military conflict, the Western public has scant information about monstrous crimes committed by Russian invaders against the civilian population on the territory of Chechnya. Zakayev drew attention of the audience to the obvious interrelation of these two phenomena: total informational blackout of the Chechen conflict and total genocide against the Chechen people committed by the Russian militarists. The Russian authorities, as noted by A.Zakayev, would not hamper activities of the representatives of independent mass media in Chechnya, if the norms of international law with regard to Chechens were observed to some extent. In his speech at the parliament, as well as at the press conference, Akhmed Zakayev touched on a perspective of political resolution to the Russian-Chechen conflict. "The alternative to peace resolution of this conflict does not exist", - noted A.Zakayev. He also emphasized that the military actions going on almost five years convince the unbiased observers of complete Utopia of the intention to break the armed resistance of the Chechen people by means of using force. |
| Posted by:Fred |