(Tbilisi, August 8, 2003, Civil Georgia) – Chief of Staff of the Georgian Border Guard Department Korneli Salia denied Russia’s reports that the Chechen militants continue infiltration into Russia from the Pankisi gorge.
He said that as a result of the anti-terrorist operation in the gorge, carried out by the Georgian law enforcers, there are no Chechen fighters in Pankisi.
“We cooperate with our Russian counterparts closely to prevent movement of the militants across the Russian-Georgian border,” Korneli Salia told the reporters on Augus!
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