EUROPEAN MPs PLAN TO VISIT CHECHNYA

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MOSCOW, May 31 (RIA Novosti) - State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov promises aid to PACE delegates in arranging their trip to Chechnya.

On Monday, the speaker of the lower house met PACE rapporteurs Andreas Gross and Rudolf Bindig.

Russian parliamentarians are ready to provide information and practical assistance in arranging the trip and the preparation of concluding documents, said Gryzlov.

In his opinion, the election campaign in Chechnya (elections are due on August 29) will not suspend restoration efforts in the republic. "The political process is not a good basis for hampering socio-economic measures, these processes go together," said the Duma speaker.

He emphasised that the federal and the republic's authorities were a token of Chechnya's early return to a normal and peaceful life.

According to Gryzlov, the problem of human rights and legal interests in Chechnya remained in the focus of attention.

After the tragic events of May 9 in Grozny, when the terrorist attack killed President of the Chechen Republic Akhmad Kadyrov, the federal authorities of Russia and Chechnya are faced with the common task of preserving stability in the region and arranging the forthcoming presidential elections, said the speaker.

"Today, we have no doubt that bandits who planned and committed the murder of Kadyrov have failed to achieve their main goal - destabilise the situation in the region," he added.

According to Gryzlov, this ruthless terrorist attack was toughly censured both by the international community and Kadyrov's supporters in the republic, as well as opponents of the former Chechen leader.

"The upcoming visit to Chechnya of PACE rapporteurs is another evidence of the international community's attention to the situation in the North Caucasus," he continued.

Gryzlov expressed confidence that the conclusions and recommendations of the PACE rapporteurs would be based on objective assessment of the present-day developments and their willingness to help the Russian Federation restore the republic.

Gryzlov pledged that the results of the delegates' work would be carefully studied and analysed in the Duma.

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