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Chechen rebel says Moscow fuelling separatism in southern Georgia
Prime-News news agency 13 Oct 02 TBILISI
The rebel deputy prime minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Akhmed Zakayev, has said that a build-up of tension in the predominantly Armenian-populated region of Samtskhe-Javakheti in Georgia is "quite realistic".
In his interview with Prime-News, Zakayev said that Russia had not given up on the idea of destroying Georgia as a state and was setting up acts of provocation in various regions of Georgia, as had already happened in Abkhazia. According to Zakayev, at present, close cooperation between Yerevan and Moscow is against the interests of the Caucasus.
A scenario similar to the one in Nagornyy Karabakh, in which Azerbaijan lost control over a part of its territory, may be staged in Samtskhe-Javakheti, Zakayev said. The same may happen between Tbilisi and Samtskhe-Javakheti, Zakayev said.
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