Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Ministry of Foreign AffairsOfficial Statement

26/02/2004

PRESS-RELEASE: “

The European Parliament's recognition of the genocide and of the Akhmadov peace plan is a historical step towards peace and justice for the Chechen people

(Translation)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria warmly welcomes the European Parliament’s official recognition today ofthe deportation of the Chechen nation of 1944 as “an act of genocide”and the official request of the European Parliament to the EuropeanCommission and the High Representative for Common Foreign and SecurityPolicy of the European Union “to study the Akhmadov plan” for peacefulresolution of the Russian-Chechen Conflict.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeriaconsiders these decisions of the European Parliament as a serioushistorical step on the way to achieving peace and justice for themuch-suffering Chechen people. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of theChechen Republic of Ichkeria thanks European parliamentarians for thesecommendable actions. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ChechenRepublic of Ichkeria congratulates the citizens of the Chechen Republicof Ichkeria with this historic day.

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