GROZNY. Nov 28 (Interfax-AVN) - Chechen President Alu Alkhanov said he would soon meet with former members of the Ichkeria leadership team in Europe.
"I will soon visit Brussels and meet the so-called leaders of Ichkeria," he told a Monday news conference in Grozny in answer to an Interfax question.
"There is no creation, development or democratic process without peace. We should promote a normal life for militants in Chechnya and people who happened to move to the West due to certain circumstances and misunderstandings," Alkhanov said.
He did not say whom exactly he wanted to meet.
The president told a PACE delegation on Monday morning that law enforcement agencies should speak to separatist emissary Akhmed Zakayev, who currently lives in London. He said that Zakayev may return to Chechnya if federal law enforcement agencies amnesty him. At first, he will have to answer questions from prosecutors, Alkhanov said.
"If Zakayev is amnestied in compliance with the law and expresses his wish to promote peace in the Chechen republic, we will have dialog. Otherwise, the police, rather than the president of the Chechen Republic, should speak to criminals," he said.