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| Caucasus |
| Georgia President says Pankisi problem solved |
| 2002-12-30 |
| Georgia intends to agree with Russian on the protection of the Russian-Georgian border so that the problem of the Pankisi Gorge does not surface any more. Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze asserted that "the Pankisi problem no longer exists". Sounds like famous last words... Commenting on the statements by Georgia's ex-defence minister Tengiz Kitovani to the effect that about 60 rebels were going to spend the winter in the Pankisi Gorge, Shevardnadze said that "he has never believed and will never believe Kitovani's pronouncements". "If I put my hands over my ears, I can't even hear them." According to the Georgian President, the statements by the former Georgian defence minister are the result of Kitovani's "own fantasies". "I know exactly how many rebels are in the Pankisi Gorge - there are several of them there and they will soon be caught or destroyed," Shevardnadze said. Best get crackin', then... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |