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Kavkaz-Tsentr news agency web site, in Russian, 27 Feb 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 27, 2004
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26 February: At its sitting on 26 February, the European Parliament for the
first time recognized the deportation of Chechens on 23 February 1944 as an
act of genocide. In this connection, the Foreign Ministry of the Chechen
Republic of Ichkeria [CRI] has issued a special statement:
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"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria warmly
welcomes the European Parliament's official recognition today of the
deportation of the Chechen nation of 1944 as "an act of genocide" and the
official request of the European Parliament to the European Commission and
the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy of the
European Union 'to study the Akhmadov plan' for a peaceful solution to the
Russian-Chechen conflict.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
considers these decisions of the European Parliament as a serious historical
step on the way to achieving peace and justice for the much-suffering
Chechen people. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chechen Republic of
Ichkeria thanks European parliamentarians for these commendable actions.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
congratulates the citizens of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria on this
historic day."
POLAND RALLY DEMANDS END TO CHECHEN "GENOCIDE"
Chechenpress web site, Tbilisi, in Russian 26 Feb 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 26, 2004
25 February: A rally to mark the 60th anniversary of the deportation of the
Chechen and Ingush peoples was held outside the Russian embassy in Warsaw
on 23 February. Representatives of the Chechen diaspora and Polish public
organizations, Polish political figures, writers, poets and journalists
attended the
rally.
The head of the Poland-Chechnya committee, Adam Borowski, and MP Mariush
Kaminski were among them. The demonstrators demanded an end to the genocide
of the Chechen people, the withdrawal of occupying troops, the beginning of
talks with Chechen [rebel] President Aslan Maskhadov and the acceptance of
a plan on establishing provisional UN administration in Chechnya.
[Signed] Sayd-Ibragim Ampukayev, the Chechen information centre in Poland
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