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| Russia satisfied as Albania refuses to receive Chechen envoy |
| 2002-11-04 |
| The Russian Foreign Ministry is satisfied with Albania's measures on the prevention of Chechen terrorists' participation in the Trans-National Radical Party congress in Tirana, official spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Yakovenko said, commenting on the Albanian authorities' refusal to let Umar Khanbiyev, the Health Minister of the government of separatist leader and Chechen ex-president Aslan Maskhadov, enter the country. "We regard this as a proof of the growing international solidarity in the fight against terrorism," the diplomat stressed. Moscow believes that only joint efforts of all the democratic states will put terrorist attacks to an end. "We rely upon further development of international counter-terrorist cooperation," Yakovenko noted. Good for Albania, which is a predominantly Muslim country that's full of tough guys — but not terrorists. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |