Chechen Republic of
Ichkeria
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Official
Statement |
03/09/2004
WE EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES AND CALL FOR AN
INDEPENDENT TRANSPARENT INTERNATIONAL
INVESTIGATION.
The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses our deepest condolences to the
relatives and friends of all victims of the hostage taking in
Beslan. The Chechen nation, having lost 25 % of its population at
the hands of the Russian state policy of genocide during the last 10
years, know very well the pain of loosing the loved ones, the
horrors of monstrous brutality against innocent defenceless people,
children, women and men. There is no a single Chechen whose
relatives and friends have not been murdered, tortured or raped by
the Russian troops and security services since December 1994.
As the past experience tells us that Russian security
services often are involved in planning, executing or manipulating
various terrorist attacks on the territory of Russia, including the
apartment bombings in Moscow in 1999 and the hostage taking in the
Moscow theatre in 2002, we call upon all Russian citizens to demand
from the Russian government to agree to an independent and
transparent international investigation of this hostage taking in
Beslan. We strongly believe that the Chechens, Russians and the
international community has the right to know what actually has
happened and who really were the hostage takers and the organisers
of this terrorist act, and we hope that this call will not go
unanswered.
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