September 19, 2002 - 22:50 AMT
RF PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD DISCUSSED SITUATION IN PANKISI GORGE IN YEREVAN
"It is necessary to either struggle against terrorists or make eyes - it is necessary to choose". Before leaving for Moscow, Russian presidential administration head Aleksander Voloshin stated that commenting on the Russian-Georgian relations at request of journalists. According to him, "a wide range of issues including that one" was discussed with the Armenian leadership. "The situation in the Pankisi gorge was thoroughly discussed with the Georgian counterparts, but it was spoken about in Yerevan too", Voloshin stated. At that, the head of the RF presidential administration refrained from speaking about the position of Armenia regarding that issue letting the Armenian counterparts do that. As for the Russian position than that, according to him, has been published in the media for many times.