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    RUSSIA AND ARMENIA TO FIGHT TERRORISM SIDE BY SIDE

    01 Oct 04

    YEREVAN, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Armenia are on the one
    side in their confrontation with terrorism. This was stated on Friday
    by Sergei Mironov, speaker of the Federation Council (upper house of
    the Russian parliament) upon his arrival in the capital of Armenia.

    He noted that during his visit a joint statement on fighting terrorism
    is to be signed.

    Russia had to toughen control regime at the checkpoints of the
    Russian-Georgian border, Mr. Mironov said.

    "After the tragic events in Beslan we had to take certain measures
    being aware of the fact that it is from the territory of Georgia,
    where many terrorists feel themselves free-and-easy, they penetrate
    into our territory," this is how Sergei Mironov commented upon the
    closure by the Russian side of the Verkhny Lars border passage point
    at the Military Georgian Highway which links North Ossetia and Georgia
    via the Daryal Gorge.

    He also stressed that these measures are in no way aimed to hinder
    transit of cargoes from Armenia.

    The speaker of the Federation Council expressed hope that in the long
    run Georgia and the Georgian people will understand that "only
    peaceful friendly co-existence of all states in the Caucasus makes for
    the prosperity of our peoples and the common position on combating
    terrorism.

    At the same time advisor of the Georgian president for political
    affairs Timur Alazania said in an interview with RIA Novosti, while
    commenting on the recent interview with Chechen separatist leader
    Aslan Maskhadov in the air of the Georgian private channel Mze, which
    made so much noise, "that there are no militants on the territory of
    Georgia nor there will be any."

    "There are no militants not because we want to please somebody. We are
    proceeding from the strategic interests of Georgia," Mr. Alazania
    stressed." The presence of any kinds of militants, armed people,
    terrorists, nationalistically-minded people or religious extremists
    would have been to the detriment of Georgia first of all.

    At that Mr. Alazania said that it is true that refugees from Chechnya
    reside on the territory of Georgia. "We have refugees and we admit
    this openly. We are speaking about women, children and old people,"
    Mr. Alazania stressed.

    In his words, as of today part of the Chechen refugees have left for
    Turkey, another part dispersed in the region, and still another part
    returned to Russia," Timur Alazania said.

    Within the framework of his visit to Yerevan, Sergei Mironov will hold
    meetings with President Robert Kocharyan of Armenia, Prime Minister
    Andranilk Markaryan and chairman of the National Assembly Artur
    Bagdasaryan.

    The speaker of the Federation Council will visit the military base of
    the 123rd motor-rifle regiment of the Armed Forces of the Russian
    Federation, take part in the ceremony of placing wreathes at the
    Memorial to 1915 Armenian genocide victims in Osman Turkey and will
    speak before students and teachers of the Yerevan State university.

    Mr. Mironov will also take part in the ceremony of opening the Center
    for Assistance to Inter-regional cooperation between Armenia and the
    Russian Federation.
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