(Coharkale/Ajans Kafkas) - In 26 february Pro-Moscow Chechen Government's acting Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov told the press that Danish Refugee Council will be able to resume its works in about three days.
Kadyrov in his statement said "The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner Alvaro Gil-Robles was my father's friend. Every time he visits to Chechnya things get better and I will make this tradition continue. Gil-Robles has requested permission for the Danish Refugee Council to restart its work.
We will have a meeting on Sunday evening and with officials form the Federal Security Service, interior Ministry and Prosecutor's Office, will discuss ways to guarantee the security of the Refugee Council's employees. I think the organizastion will restart operating tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
For more than a year, Russian authorities have been claiming that the situation in Chechnya has normalized and that the people displaced by the conflict can safely return home. In reality, the situation in Chechnya has shown no signs of stabilization—the republic remains an active conflict zone, with both sides responsible for serious human rights and humanitarian law violations.
In 2003, Russian authorities took several steps that were supposed to advance the stabilization process. They adopted an amnesty law encouraging the surrender of rebel forces,34 and promised to pay compensation for houses and property destroyed during the war.35 The constitutional referendum held in March 2003 and presidential elections scheduled to take place on October 5, 2003 have been hailed by the government as the major landmarks on the way to a political solution of the Chechnya problem.
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