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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 23 April 2002 TRANSCAUCASIA & CENTRAL GEORGIAN PRESIDENT WARNS ABKHAZ AGAINST NEW OFFENSIVE In his traditional Monday radio broadcast on 22 April, Eduard Shevardnadze warned the Abkhaz leadership not to launch a new offensive in the Kodori Gorge with the objective of killing or driving out the district's predominantly Svan population, Russian agencies and Caucasus Press reported. He said a new full-fledged conflict would result in the end of the current CIS peacekeeping operation. Shevardnadze also said that there are no longer any Georgian army troops in Kodori, only an unspecified number of border guards. He appealed to the Abkhaz leadership to resume peace talks. Abkhaz Prime Minister Anri Djergenia said in Moscow on 19 April that Sukhum will not resume negotiations with Georgia until all Georgian forces are withdrawn from Kodori. On 23 April, Shevardnadze telephoned Djergenia to discuss the situation in Kodori, Caucasus Press reported, quoting the presidential press service. The two men agreed to take all measures necessary to prevent a new escalation of tensions. U.K. TO TRAIN GEORGIAN POLICE ANTITERRORIST SQUAD Agreement has been reached during the ongoing visit to London by Georgian Interior Minister Koba Narchemashvili that an unspecified number of British instructors will train members of the Georgian Interior Ministry's antiterrorist squad, Caucasus Press reported on 22 April. It is not clear when training will commence. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
