From: Abraham Rein (ARein@sorosny.org)
Date: Fri Aug 11 2000 - 13:38:41 EDT
GEORGIA DENIES RANSOM DEMANDED FOR ABDUCTED RED CROSS
WORKERS. Former Georgian parliament deputy Mamuka Areshidze,
who is one of the negotiators conducting talks on terms for
the release of three Red Cross workers abducted in Georgia's
Pankisi gorge on 4 August, told Caucasus Press on 10 August
that the abductors are not demanding a ransom for their
captives' release, nor have they made any "political
demands." Instead, Areshidze said, they are demanding the
solution of unspecified social "problems...of a rather
complicated character," which will entail "courage and
resolution" on the part of the Georgian authorities. LF
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