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http://www.civil.ge/cgi-bin/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1034152013,75971, Civil Georgia October 10, 2002 US, Georgian Defense Officials Negotiate on Future Cooperation -Representation of the Turkish Defense Ministry will join the talks today and it will focus on trilateral assistance defense cooperation between Turkey, US and Georgia. "We consider Turkey as one of our most important partners", Ricardel stated on October 8. (Tbilisi, Civil Georgia, October 9, 2002) - US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Eurasian International Security Policy, Mira Ricardel and the group of the Defense Department visit Georgia on October 8-9. Yesterday they held talks with Georgian Defense Minister Davit Tevzadze focusing on current and future security cooperation initiatives. Representation of the Turkish Defense Ministry will join the talks today and it will focus on trilateral assistance defense cooperation between Turkey, US and Georgia. "We consider Turkey as one of our most important partners", Ricardel stated on October 8. The American delegation tours the National Military Command Center in the Georgian Defense Ministry, receive briefings on the Anti-terrorist operation in Pankisi gorge and situation in Abkhazia. The US side assesses the Georgia Train and Equip Program as part of its security assistance efforts for Georgia. ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/georgia/hypermail/news/0026.shtml Eurasia.net (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) October 9, 2002 RUSSIA WARNS IT WILL TAKE COUNTERMEASURES IF GEORGIA JOINS NATO Interfax on 7 October quoted Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Valerii Loshchinin as saying that while Moscow was not surprised by the Georgian parliament's recent proposal to expedite Georgia's efforts to join NATO (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 16 September 2002), Russia has the right "to protect its national interests" by taking whatever measures it deems necessary to counter that decision. ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/georgia/hypermail/news/0027.shtml Eurasia.net (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) October 10, 2002 GEORGIAN OFFICIALS DENY ANTICRIME OPERATION PLANNED IN SOUTH OSSETIA -Interfax on 7 October quoted an unidentified South Ossetian military official as saying that the breakaway republic has 5,000 men under arms ready to repel any Georgian offensive. Georgian Ambassador to Moscow Zurab Abashidze told journalists on 3 October that although some members of Georgia's National Security Council advocate an anticrime operation in the vicinity of Tskhinvali, the capital of the unrecognized Republic of South Ossetia, no firm decision has yet been taken on launching such an operation, Interfax reported. "Akhali taoba" on 7 October similarly quoted Georgian Interior Ministry press spokesman Paata Gomelauri as saying that no such operation is necessary, as the crime situation in the region has improved markedly over the past year. Interfax on 7 October quoted an unidentified South Ossetian military official as saying that the breakaway republic has 5,000 men under arms ready to repel any Georgian offensive. Meanwhile, Georgian and South Ossetian officials met on 3 and 4 October in Tskhinvali under the aegis of the OSCE, but apparently failed to make any progress toward formalizing the unrecognized republic's status vis-a-vis Georgia, Caucasus Press reported. ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.civil.ge/cgi-bin/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1034235664,74920, Civil Georgia October 10, 2002 MPs Discuss Abkhazian Issue -MPs propose to amend the Constitution and determine breakaway Abkhazia's status as Autonomous Republic within the Georgian state. Parliamentary session today started discussion of the Abkhazian issue. MPs have to decide whether to determine Abkhazia's status in the Georgia's Constitution or not. At the moment Georgian Constitution says that the status of Abkhazia will be determined after the restoration of Georgia's territorial integrity. MPs propose to amend the Constitution and determine breakaway Abkhazia's status as Autonomous Republic within the Georgian state. The Revival faction refrains from this kind of amendments claiming that determination of Abkhazia's status would hinder resolution of the conflict. ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/georgia/hypermail/news/0028.shtml SHEVARDNADZE TO BECOME GEORGIAN PRESIDENT FOR LIFE? Five members of Shevardnadze's Union of Citizens of Georgia have asked the Constitutional Court to rule on the legality of declaring a state of emergency, postponing elections for a period of five years, and designating Shevardnadze president for life, Caucasus Press reported on 8 October. Giorgi Korghanashvili, the author of that initiative, argued that "Eduard Shevardnadze is the only person who can complete the process he began 10 years ago." Shevardnadze said last week he plans to retire from politics when his current term expires in 2005. ------------------------------------------------------- http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=2777519&startrow=1&date=2002-10-09&do_alert=0 RUSSIA'S FSB CONFIRMS PRESENCE OF TERRORIST-TRAINING CAMPS IN GEORGIA KISLOVODSK, October 9. /From RIA Novosti's correspondent Edgar Saroyan/ -- The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) confirms the presence in Georgia of special camps for terrorist-subversion training, Major-General Arkadi Yedelev, deputy chief of the FSB antiterrorist board, has said on Wednesday. He appeared before an international anti-terrorism conference. According to the Russian secret services, until last September militant training camps were found in the Tsinobali and Duisi villages in the Akhmeta district of Georgia. Militants here underwent many-stage training in managing small arms, conduct of acts of subversion, taking of hostages, military topography, said the general. He said that international terrorists in Georgia are financed by one of bin Laden's associates Abu Hafs of Jordan. He has to do with the Al Qaeda terrorist network. The United States Department of State has promised 5 million dollars for his head. ------------------------------------------------------- http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=2776987&startrow=21&date=2002-10-09&do_alert=0 GEORGIA HAS BECOME CENTRE OF CHECHEN TERRORISTS' ACTIVITIES MOSCOW, October 9, 2002. /from a RIA Novosti correspondent/ -- Presidential aide Sergei Yastrzhembsky believes that Chechen terrorists have shifted the centre of their activities to Georgia. He said this during an internet conference at the Gazeta.ru website. According to Yastrzhembsky, this happened because the border of Azerbaijan was guarded properly and hotbeds of terrorism were eliminated there. Yastrzhembsky said that about 1,500 bandits were currently operating in Chechnya. Although they suffer permanent losses, the new mercenaries from Pankisi join the rebels, Yastrzhembsky stressed. The rebels keep recruiting locals as well. "Therefore, their number is fluctuating, though we can say for sure that there are 1,500-2,000 of them. The season means a lot, too." The bandits' activities decline as winter arrives, for the lack of living conditions in the mountains, Yastrzhembsky said. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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